Digital Transformation at UKGM: How imitoWound is Revolutionizing Wound Care

Gießen University Hospital (UKGM) faced a challenge familiar to many clinics: while wound documentation is essential for successful healing, in practice, it acted as an analog bottleneck. In partnership with imitoWound, the hospital took the leap into a new era-moving away from error-proneness and toward AI-supported precision.

The Starting Point: "SD Card Chaos"

Before imito was introduced, the process was tedious and time-consuming. Nursing staff had to take photos with a separate digital camera, bring the SD card to a computer, and manually assign the images to patient files. This process was not only slow but often led to gaps in documentation because the hurdles for comprehensive recording were simply too high.

The Turning Point: AI

The tide turned with the implementation of the imitoWound app. The most impressive figure from the field: documentation time was drastically reduced - from a previous 20 to 25 minutes down to an average of just 5 minutes per assessment.

What Makes the Difference?

• Automated Measurement: Thanks to a reference marker and AI support, wound size is captured automatically. Placing manual rulers against the wound is now a thing of the past.
• Objective Comparability: The system calculates wound progression over time. This creates an objective comparison that shows how a wound is actually changing.

Three Perspectives - One Success

The success of a digital project is measured by whether it improves clinical routines at crucial points. At UKGM, three experts highlight the benefits from different angles:

• For the Head of Vascular Surgery, quality of treatment is the top priority. Thanks to high image quality and objective documentation, the healing process can be monitored with much greater precision.
• The hospital’s Wound Expert emphasizes the noticeable reduction in workload. Previously, documentation was a barrier - today, it is part of the treatment’s success. Automatic AI measurement not only saves time but also creates an objective database for interdisciplinary case discussions.
• For the Head of IT, it was crucial that the new solution integrated seamlessly into the university hospital's complex system landscape.