Health care of the future: urgent reforms required!

Health care of the future: urgent reforms required!

In an urgent message on the future of healthcare in Austria, the Federal Curia of Employed Doctors (BKAÄ) will present the results of a current hospital doctors survey on Monday, March 24, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. in the Concordia press club in Vienna. This highlights serious challenges in the hospital system. Dr. Harald Mayer, Vice President of the Austrian Medical Association and Chairman of the BKAÄ, will outline concrete action steps to meet the urgent needs of doctors and patients. The press conference will be accompanied by a discussion about necessary measures. As OTS reports The concerns presented there are a decisive step towards improved quality of care.

In addition, Harald Schlögel, executive vice president of the Austrian Medical Association, warns that the current healthcare system urgently needs to be reformed. “It is high time for change,” said Schlögel, who emphasized that the previous warnings from the medical profession must not be ignored. Urgent measures are necessary to optimize patient care. The focus must be shifted from a reactive to a proactive health policy so that the potholes in the system do not have to be plugged again and again. In addition, possible budget increases of 5.3 billion euros annually are required to ensure adequate training and care for doctors the medical association cited.

Moving away from repair medicine towards prevention

Mayer and Schlögel are calling for a change in medical practice: health care should focus more on prevention instead of repair medicine. According to Mayer, both patients and employers benefit from healthy employees. A strategic restructuring and clear financing regulations are essential. Another focus is on redesigning the service catalog and remuneration in order to counteract the shortage of doctors and ensure care. Rushed health care and outdated structures are the biggest obstacles to fundamental health care reform.