Case Study: UW Health achieves faster, more efficient facility inspections and $250K annual savings with AkitaBox

A Revolutionary Approach to Hospital Inspections

UW Health, an academic medical center and Level I trauma hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, faced challenges from missing or inaccurate facility data, limited communication across shifts and trades, and an outdated inspection system that forced a temporary return to paper. To solve these issues they selected AkitaBox for its turnkey data-collection and digital floor‑plan platform to map critical assets and streamline inspections.

AkitaBox’s team collected and standardized asset and space data, pinned assets to digital floor plans, and trained UW Health staff while iterating via feedback sessions. The AkitaBox platform cut technician inspection time from 4–6 hours/day to 2 hours/day, delivered $250,000 in annual savings, shortened fire damper testing from a year to two months, improved troubleshooting and communication, and enabled rapid new‑hire onboarding.

UW Health

Todd Erdman

Maintenance Technician, Sr.