Primary care is booming: New units for better health care in Lower Austria!

Primary care is booming: New units for better health care in Lower Austria!

In a significant step to improve health care in Lower Austria, the Austrian Health Insurance Fund (ÖGK), the Medical Association for Lower Austria and the Lower Austria Health and Social Fund are continuing their successful cooperation. For over seven years, these organizations have been working together on the expansion of the primary care units (PVE) in the state. With the latest agreement, it is aimed at establishing primary care units in all district capitals in Lower Austria. Dr. Max Wudy, Vice President of the Medical Association for Lower Austria, emphasizes the importance of the PVE as an innovative model that supplements the individual order and enables broader medical care. This is supported in particular by physio-therapeutic offers as well as specialists in areas such as social work and psychotherapy, which greatly improves patient care there, such as "https://www.ots.at/presseaus-sung/ots_20241205_ots0100/weiterer-ausbau-der-pe-in--gemum--plant"> ots.at reports .

expansion of primary care

In order to further expand health care in Lower Austria, on July 3, 2023, three new primary care units in Melk, Breitenfurt in the Wienerwald and Michelhausen will start operating. This increases the total number of PVE in the country from six to nine, with two further units in St. Pölten-Nord and Wall at Amstetten. Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner emphasizes that this expansion contributes significantly to strengthening health care. With over 70,000 directly beneficial patients, it is clear: The innovative approach to have several doctors worked together under one roof improves the quality of care considerably, as well as nö.gv.at reports .

The primary care units in Lower Austria are characterized by extended opening times and a wide range of services. In Breitenfurt, for example, in addition to the general basic medical care, a special focus is on emergency medicine and digital health offers. The new unit in Melk has already seen the light of day with an exclusively female founding team that pursues modern approaches in patient care. This development is clear proof that the path towards effective and patient -close care in Lower Austria is consistently pursued. The accessibility of the PVE up to 12 hours a day makes access to medical services clearly facilitating and adapting to the needs of the population.