imito's Blog

"Since our emergency department has been using imitoCam, they have been documenting a lot more pictures than before with digital cameras. The process of quick and easy archiving really helps us," - says Michaela Keller as a medical technician. Tanja Luem, Head of Wound Consultations, uses imitoCam all day, every time she checks a wound. For both of them, imitoCam is a simple, fast and safe solution.

2 October 2024•2 min read

‘The informative value and quality of our foot documentation has improved immensely thanks to imito.’

As a long-time customer, the diabetes clinic is now expanding its use of imitoCam and imitoScan across the facility. The Head of Medical Controlling shares how imito’s solutions have streamlined wound documentation in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers.

19 April 2024•3 min read

DMEA 2024 in Berlin

Once a year, experts from the digital health industry meet in Berlin. We were there again in 2024 with our digital solutions.

20 February 2024•1 min read

"The most used app in our everyday lives."

Deciding on new software is a big step. Almost nothing helps better than asking colleagues about their experiences. Some of our customers have been using imitoCam & Co since 2016 - now over 60 clinics in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

19 February 2024•1 min read

The imito community continues to grow.

We are delighted to welcome 2 new customers who are now relying on our solutions. Gesundheit Burgenland is introducing imitoWound and Regionspital Surselva AG is now using all 3 of our apps imitoScan, imitoCam and imitoWound.x

29 November 2023•1 min read

ASCOM Partnerevent in Dresden

At the business workshop for the healthcare sector organised by COM plan + service Dresden and Ascom DACH, we had the opportunity to demonstrate our automatic wound measurement system on the Myco4 live.

15 November 2023•2 min read

Urgo Medical and imito AG announce strategic collaboration to improve wound care

Zurich, Switzerland, 15 November 2023 - Urgo Medical, a leading advanced wound care company, and imito AG, a specialist provider of wound care solutions, today announced a partnership to improve wound care. In this context, Urgo Medical launches in its wound app Healico, a new feature called Measure using the automatic wound measurement technology, from imito AG, WoundGenius.

10 November 2023•7 min read

Wound measurement methods compared

Several wound measurement methods can be used to document wound healing progress. We present research studies about imito's wound measurement method.

7 November 2023•2 min read

🦹 The first superpower for your wound analysis 🦸

Our wound measurement has already been clinically validated several times and is used by thousands of users every day. Healthcare professionals have been benefiting from rapid measurement with our calibration markers for years. Now it's time to unleash the first superpower for your wound analysis 🥁 imito's automatic wound measurement will be available in imitoWound from November. The function is explained very simply. Just place the calibration marker next to the wound, take a photo, and you're ready to measure ✅

9 October 2023•1 min read

Record 10-minute medical videos with your smartphone

imitoCam for neurology departments: With the help of imitoCam, videos are recorded to determine spontaneous motor activity in patients 👩‍⚕️ At the request of our customers, medical staff can now easily record not only 3, but up to 10-minute videos with imitoCam with their smartphone and automatically archive them in the PACS 💪 📁

5 July 2023•8 min read

Meet Carsten - our Team Lead Business Development

In the new interview, our Team Lead Business Development, Carsten, provides insights into which AI functions have provided WOW moments at the events and that he has the feeling that medical professionals are now being listened to more when it comes to introducing new hospital software. He also reveals what he appreciates about remote work and his 4-day week.

5 July 2023•2 min read

5 minutes for a wound documentation

Petra Behne & her team at ZURZACH Care now need 5 instead of 20 minutes to document a wound. imitoWound has replaced their old and time-consuming system, in which the wound documentation could not be exported or printed out. As a result, they still had to create an additional handwritten document if someone else took over.

13 June 2023•5 min read

Easy but secure login: balancing comfort and security

Nurses and doctors need to swiftly document health data with their digital tools, while complying with data security standards. How do you guarantee that the app is ready to go within seconds when the nurse arrives at the patient’s bedside, while ensuring that the patient’s data is always protected?

9 May 2023•7 min read

"It doesn't always have to be complicated and time-consuming": An overview of the implementation steps of imito apps in hospitals

The implementation of new software in a hospital often adds to the workload and stress of both IT personnel and healthcare workers. Therefore, it is crucial that the implementation process is efficient and straightforward.

4 April 2023•6 min read

Empowering AI: Harnessing Wound Data for AI Models Development

imito AG has been making strides in the field of wound documentation for years, and we are thrilled to share our most recent successes with you.

28 February 2023•8 min read

Meet Fenja & Claudia - our customer support

Did you know that our Customer Success Team includes two nurses? Thanks to their practical experience, Fenja and Claudia Höß advise our customers on technical questions regarding the #imito apps and work together with external experts.

28 February 2023•10 min read

Time management in care: "Can you stand in?"

A thought walk on the subject of time in care.

2 February 2023•3 min read

imitoWound App now also in Brazil

Brazil is among the 10 countries in the world with the highest number of patients suffering from diabetes. It currently affects around 16.8 million people. Unfortunately, a lot of them suffer from chronic wounds. Every day, wound experts in Brazil take care of these patients and strive for high-quality wound management that contributes to the best possible care.

19 December 2022•1 min read

Acting quickly from anywhere: imitoWound at the Adelheid Clinic

Wound expert Susanne Blättler is constantly receiving calls from various clinic departments asking for her opinion. Thanks to imitoWound, she can quickly access her laptop and view wound images and give advice from anywhere. She is also glad to have pre-set options in the wound documentation that she only has to select from.

15 December 2022•4 min read

Meet Zsuzsi - our graphic designer

Zsuzsi lets imito shine in the best light with her creativity and ideas. As an economist, she first worked as a marketing specialist before turning her passion for drawing into a profession. Since summer 2022 Zsuzsi has been part of the imito team and works as a graphic designer for the company.

30 November 2022•1 min read

Our most commonly used app - imitoCam at Hospital Winterthur

"We have introduced an app that simply makes our customers happy,” says Ueli Wehrli, Head of ICT Applications at Hospital Winterthur. He also reports on the integration with Active Directory and their archiving system. User training is not required, as imitoCam is self-explanatory. Dr. Florian Jung, Deputy Head Physician at the Clinic for Hand and Plastic Surgery, adds, “imito is the most commonly used app in our daily work. We needed a medical image processing system that could quickly assign images to the correct patient, allowing us to easily access them again in the PACS."

28 November 2022•7 min read

Wound treatment with the use of artificial intelligence

Wound treatment is a key component of health care. As a result, innovative approaches to predictive, preventive and more personalized medicine (PPPM) are critical in modern healthcare. In this article, you learn how wound treatment with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) contributes to a faster wound healing and the challenges that this presents.

19 October 2022•1 min read

imito EasyWorklist Success Story: Kantonspital Baden

18 October 2022•4 min read

Meet Martin - our Technical Project Manager

Meet our Technical Project Manager, Martin.

29 September 2022•1 min read

imito Team Retreat in Berlin Brandenburg

31 August 2022•4 min read

Meet Pratiksha - our new Junior Partner Manager

Meet our new Junior Partner Manager, Pratiksha.

29 July 2022•3 min read

Meet Peter - our Product Owner

Meet our Product Owner and iOS developer, Peter.

29 July 2022•2 min read

imitoWound förderfähig: Pflegepersonal-Stärkungsgesetz (PpSG)

Pflegepersonal-Stärkungsgesetz (PpSG) für ambulante und stationäre Pflegeeinrichtungen ist seit 01.01.2019 in Kraft und ermöglicht, Massnahmen zur Digitalisierung der Pflegeeinrichtungen bis zum 31.12.2023 fördern zu lassen.

30 June 2022•3 min read

imitoWound saves almost 150 hours per month

The time saving of 15 minutes for each wound assessment reduces the time by more than half! Around 595 wound assessments per month are created at the Sana Kliniken Leipziger Land. That means 148 hours of time saved for caregivers every month.

19 May 2022•2 min read

imito & DEWU 2022

The German Wound Congress took place in Bremen from May 4th to 6th and imito was there!

20 January 2022•6 min read

Supporting Wound Care Treatment with Artificial Intelligence

The Geneva School of Health Science (HEdS-Genève), the University of Geneva (UNIGE), and the company imito AG have obtained Innosuisse funding for the development of an application that will support clinical decision-making in the treatment of wounds, intended for healthcare professionals and their training.

30 November 2021•4 min read

Meet Eugene - our Product Owner

Meet our Product Owner, Eugene.

28 October 2021•3 min read

Meet Florian - our new Technical Project Manager

A new face at imito! Meet our new Technical Project Manager, Florian.

30 September 2021•3 min read

Meet Sofia

Sofia Zahia - AI Engineer at imito

28 January 2021•2 min read

French clinical researcher report “good validity and reproducibility of the imitoMeasure app” in the clinical evaluation of pressure ulcer

Do Khacet al., compared imito's free app imitoMeasure (iOS, Android) for measuring wounds with ruler and acetate tracing (the current reference standard) in the clinical evaluation of pressure ulcer in a clinical validation study.

20 November 2020•4 min read

Simplified login, patient selection via barcode

Sign in - lock the phone - sign in again. Who has not experienced this? Or when searching for the patient "John Doe". Which is the right one? This costs valuable time, is prone to errors and is quite annoying. We at imito want to make the everyday work of health professionals as simple and pleasant as possible. This has resulted in two solutions "Simplified login" and "Patient selection by barcode", which are already integrated into all our apps.

20 October 2020•1 min read

No more SD memory cards - imitoCam at Sana Klinikum Hameln-Pyrmont

Manuel Strohdeicher, Wound Manager at Sana Klinikum Hameln-Pyrmont (and Germany's favourite nursing professional in 2021 🥳) reports on the time before and after the introduction of imitoCam, particularly in the vascular surgery and emergency department. Previously, wound photos were taken with digital cameras and the photos from the memory cards had to be transferred to their system every week. They spent several hours allocating the images to the correct digital patient file. Does that sound familiar? With imitoCam on their iOS devices, they can now also perform a much more accurate size measurement than before with a paper wound ruler.

15 October 2020•3 min read

Factors Impacting Clinicians’ Adoption of a Clinical Photo Documentation App and its Implications for Clinical Workflows and Quality of Care

18 September 2020•1 min read

High quality medical images: imitoCam at Cantonal Hospital Baden

Dr Kristin Kernland Lang reports that imitoCam offers them the following advantages: (1) they can take medical images in very good quality (2) they save a lot of time in their daily work (3) they can view images immediately in their archive

23 December 2019•2 min read

🎄 imito Wishes Happy Holidays 🤶🏽 and a Happy Start into the New Year 🎊

At this special time of year, we would like to thank you for the successful cooperation and strong partnership as well as for your trust in us, our products and services.

28 November 2019•1 min read

Wunddokumentation per App, Erfolgsgeschichte aus dem USZ

Die Einführung von imitoCam am Universitätsspital Zürich ist eine Erfolgsgeschichte. Der Artikel im USZinside beleuchtet die Mehrwerte für das Fachpersonal, die Erfahrungen der ICT sowie wichtige Aspekte im Bereich Datenschutz und Sicherheit.

29 October 2019•1 min read

Ein Bild sagt mehr als 1000 Worte

Start-up des Monats im Magazin Health&Care Management: In einem Interview mit Caroline Heske erzählt Chrysanth Sulzberger wie es zur imito AG gekommen ist und wie es weiter geht.

28 October 2019•1 min read

Medizin-Apps sind auch für Ärzte hilfreich

Die Krankenkassen-Zentrale in Deutschland (Hrsg. ZVBV e.V.) thematisiert in einem Beitrag das Wirken von imito in dem aktuellen Beitrag "Medizin-Apps: Krankenkassen könnten bald für Kosten aufkommen".

13 October 2019•4 min read

Retrospect of the imito Team Retreat 2019

Building a corporate culture in a remote company. When team spirit, motivation, enthusiasm and commitment are not just words with good intentions...

1 October 2019•2 min read

New imito calibration markers for direct wound measurement

This summer, we’ve asked our users opinion on our new Calibration Marker - thanks to everyone again for the valuable input!

12 September 2019•2 min read

imitoCam aka the clinical Instagram - winner of the start-up slam

The HIMSS Start-up Slam is a 4-minutes live demo showcase of ready-to-implement solutions for hospitals and care providers. The audience formed a clear opinion about the best pitch.

29 August 2019•1 min read

imitoCam at UKE - ZDF Heute Journal

The German television channel ZDF reported on August 27th 2019, in its news channel "Heute Journal", about the digitalisation strategy of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) using imitoCam to simplify the everyday life of their medical staff.

13 August 2019•1 min read

Recap of an imitastic Tour d'Europe 2019

10 trade fairs and congresses, 7 speeches, 4 public live demos and around 6kg of Swiss chocolate distributed along with countless discussions! The #imitorocks #digitalhealth tour through Europe during the first half of 2019 set a new standard.

5 July 2019•1 min read

Digital hospitals help doctors provide better patient care. Here's why.

"If you show healthcare professionals the potential benefits, their support could mean convincing hospital management to implement your solution”. Read the full interview with Pamina Göttelmann, article by Aisha Schnellmann, published in the blog "Women in Digital Health".

30 May 2019•1 min read

Medical images in the operating theatre - imitoCam at CHUV

"Since we use imito, we have not lost a single image as before, and the transfer (to our hospital information system) is instant." - the Head of Dermatological Oncology at CHUV, the university hospital in Lausanne, reports on his experience with imitoCam for skin cancer patients. This is also very useful for them when images need to be transferred quickly, for example when they are organising a surgery. With imito, the images can be accessed within a few seconds.

15 January 2019•1 min read

Smarte Apps erleichtern den klinischen Alltag

Im Januar 2019 erschien ein Artikel von Chrysanth Sulzberger in Competence. Smarte Apps sind intelligente Helfer für die digitale Foto- und Wunddokumentation und die Archivierung von mitgebrachten Dokumenten.

3 January 2019•1 min read

Wound photos, wound measurement & wound description in one system

Now all in one system: wound photos, wound measurement & wound description. Before imito, medical staff at Fribourg Cantonal Hospital (HFR) had to go through a time-consuming process to save wound images from digital cameras to their own data storage. These images then were not even available in the general hospital archive in the correct patient file. This meant that other doctors and nurses were unable to access the data and review the wound healing progress.

31 October 2018•1 min read

imito is easy to learn for any employee

"imito is easy to learn for any employee" - Dr Thomas Strohdeicher, Head Physician at the Vascular Surgery Clinic at the Karl-Olga Hospital in Stuttgart, reports on why imito has become an essential tool in their everyday life at work. 1. The image quality of the wound photos is very good and the photo documentation from different points in time can be easily compared 2. They can determine the exact size of the wound 3. The wound healing progress can be easily reviewed

15 October 2018•1 min read

WhatsApp für Mediziner und Pflegende

Chrysanth Sulzberger erklärt in einem Artikel von Heime & Spitäler wie die imito AG als Zürcher Start-up Workflows innerhalb von Gesundheitseinrichtungen radikal vereinfacht.

15 October 2018•1 min read

WhatsApp und Instagram für Mediziner

Die IT-Entscheiderfabrik veröffentlicht im VKD-Praxisberichte 2018 vom Verband der Krankenhausdirektoren Deutschlands e.V. ein Artikel mit Chrysanth Sulzberger über die Erfolgsfaktoren der imito AG und wie imitoCam und imitoScan den klinischen Alltag vereinfachen.

10 October 2018•2 min read

imito #unleashed retreat 2018

The power, the challenge and the face-to-face time of the remote imito team. Once again, a team retreat incubated the unique culture with sports, fun and strategic brainstorming.

2 July 2018•2 min read

Hands-on FHIR

Unsere ersten Erfahrung mit dem neuen Standard für den Datenaustausch im Gesundheitswesen.

15 May 2018•1 min read

Ein Bild (im richtigen Kontext) sagt mehr als 1000 Worte

In einem Interview mit Eva Tymko erläutert Chrysanth Sulzberger die Vorteile der mobilen Foto- und Wunddokumentation in der Pflege, veröffentlicht in "Das Magazin der privaten Pflege", herausgegeben vom ABVP.

3 May 2018•1 min read

imito – ein WhatsApp und Instagram für Mediziner – Bericht auf deutsche-startups.de

Chrysanth Sulzberger im Interview mit Alexander Hüsing von deutsche-startups.de.

2 February 2018•4 min read

Throwback showcase & imitoCam 3.0 keynote at the University Hospital Zurich

Ein neues Jahr, eine neue Version, ein neues Präsentationsformat. imito setzt mit der imitoCam 3.0 den #unleashed #imitorocks Weg auch in 2018 fort.

23 November 2017•3 min read

Strong imito #Unleashed Performance Week

Preparing pitches, meeting lots of people, strengthen the network. Our instant reporting about our activities via Social Media grabbed more than a moment. A true imito #Unleashed time.

31 October 2017•4 min read

Startup Track at World Health Summit 2017

10 finalists in Berlin, outstanding ideas and innovative business concepts that have the potential to revolutionise healthcare and improve global health. As a selected finalist for the Startup Track of the World Health Summit 2017 under the high patronage of the Federal Minister of Health Germany, Hermann Gröhe, the dense presentation by CEO Chrysanth Sulzberger rocks the stage.

8 September 2017•3 min read

imito, the clinical photo app and the Swiss eHealth Summit 2017

Review of 2016. Nine Start-Ups line up in front of a critical Swiss eHealth Summit jury to perform the first Start-up Slam Switzerland. The five minutes presentation of imito AG convinced the jury to honour Chrysanth Sulzberger and Manuel Studer with the 1st place and an exclusive presentation slot in 2017 for their radically simplified clinical collaboration with their clinical photo app.

21 July 2017•8 min read

Smartphone photos worth more than 1000 words? Our tips for medical smartphone photography!

Now that smartphones are a part of daily life, they are becoming a valuable tool for medical purposes too. This article covers a proposal of guidelines patients and medical professionals need to follow in order to effectively use smartphone photography to provide more efficient health care.

8 March 2017•1 min read

Portrait über Manuel Studer im Walliser Boten

Am 8. März 2017 wurde ein Portrait über Manuel Studer, CTO und imito-Mitgründer, veröffentlicht.

9 February 2017•1 min read

imitoCam – The result of the survey about clinical photo documentation with smartphones!

Im Frühjahr 2015 haben 482 Ärzte an unserer Umfrage zur Nutzung des Smartphones für die klinische Fotografie befragt. Die wichtigsten Ergebnisse habe wir für Sie als Infografik zusammengestellt.

28 May 2016•1 min read

Interview with Chrysanth Sulzberger at conhIT 2016

On 19 May 2016, the Healthcare Media Portal published an interview with Chrysanth Sulzberger.

13 May 2016•1 min read

VDI-Nachrichten: Wildwuchs bei medizinischen Apps

„Die Vermessung von Wunden per Smartphone ist eine der wenigen tatsächlichen Innovationen“. Nach einem Standbesuch während der conhIT 2016 haben die VDI-Nachrichten in diesem Artikel über uns berichtet.

19 April 2016•5 min read

The “harmless” snap in a hospital?

In this day and age when technology pervades most aspects of our lives, it has become crucial to find ways to regulate it. Ever since the birth of the iPhone in 2007, hand-held electronics have assumed a dominant position in most aspects of people’s daily tasks.