Digital boost in healthcare - safer wound care, lower costs and more time for patients
Every day, Asker’s companies strive to improve patient outcomes, reduce total cost of care and ensure a fair and sustainable value chain. One concrete example is how Onemed in Sweden, together with Kramfors municipality, has developed safer and more effective wound care and reduced suffering for patients through its wound care programme and Onewound, which includes training, new ways of working and digital support.
Many municipalities are currently facing new demands for efficiency, partly as a result of an ageing population. This was the case for Kramfors, a municipality in northern Sweden with a population of around 17,000 people. Kramfors chose to implement the wound programme and introduce Onewound in 2025.
Faster healing and safer care
After the implementation project, lasting just over six months, the municipality could see significant improvements (more details below) and chose to continue with the new way of working. David Wiklund, project manager in the Welfare department in Kramfors, explains:
“We can clearly see that the new approach is making a difference, both for patients and staff. We're talking fewer patients with wounds, more confidence in the wound care process and overall higher quality.”
Digitalisation frees up time for patients
The project consisted of theoretical and practical training in wound management, implementation and use of Onewound, structuring of the stocks and optimisation of dressing materials.
Key elements included training staff, creating common practices and integrating digital support into daily work.
“This is an excellent example of how digitalisation can be used to develop welfare and free up time for what matters most: caring for the patient,” says Camilla Johansson, Head of healthcare services in Kramfors municipality.
Johanna Wang, registered nurse and care developer at Onemed Sweden, summarises the project as follows:
“With Onewound, Kramfors municipality has gained a whole new ability to monitor and improve wound treatment. The results show that digital tools can indeed contribute to faster healing and reduced workload.”
Good results with Onewound in Kramfors municipality
Improved quality of care: The new method had a particularly good effect on difficult-to-heal wounds that had existed for a long time. The majority of patients with long-term wounds had healed by the end of the project period.
More efficient use of resources: The average dressing change frequency fell by around 55 per cent. Compared to 2024, the number of dressing changes decreased by around 5,000 annually, which is equivalent to just over one full-time job. Waste from wound care materials decreased by around 64 per cent.
Significant cost savings: According to Onewound's standardised calculations, annual savings of just over SEK 1.35 million were achieved, exceeding the guaranteed target of SEK 535,000. Savings were created through reduced material consumption, fewer dressing changes, shorter treatment times and reduced transport needs.
Enhanced skills and work environment: In a survey, 88 per cent of the nurses said they felt more confident treating complex wounds.
Increased well-being and reduced suffering for patients with wounds.
About Onewound
Onewound is a digital decision-support system developed by Onemed in Sweden aimed at facilitating and assuring the quality of wound treatment in healthcare. The web application supports the assessment, treatment and follow-up of different types of wounds and leads to continuous knowledge development of healthcare professionals. It has a chat function that enables consultation with registered nurses specialised in wounds. In addition, aggregated data is compiled and presented in a dashboard, which provides a clear overview of resource use and makes it easier to identify areas for improvement.
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