“Digitally in front of an outpatient inpatient” – more than just keywords in occupational therapy

Occupational therapists know how challenging changes and transitions can be. This also affects changes in the usual health care and the transition to new structures such as teles therapy and digital health treatments. How occupational therapy can create the transition – for the profession and the patients – into the digital age is the subject of this year’s conference.

Conference conference Ergotherapy Austria
This year’s conference of occupational therapy Austria “Occupational therapy in digital times – together for a successful transition” takes place from March 21 to 22 in Salzburg and is dedicated to different perspectives in digitization. „Digital health care will become an integral part of the health system. Therefore, dealing with the topic of digitization is both the task and a challenge for occupational therapists.“, Marion Hackl, President of Occupational Therapy Austria, emphasizes the relevance of the conference. In addition to occupational therapy lectures and workshops, top -class speakers such as Ingrid Brodnig, Austrian journalist, publicist and author and Andre Wolf, Mimikama media education relevant impulses for occupational therapists and everyday work with patients and clients.

Appeal to politics
Digitization in healthcare is progressing and occupational therapy Austria has done its homework: “The professionals are informed, deepen their professional knowledge, the association offers professional support, and the patients and clients were considered right from the start. Now politics is on the move!“ Mag.a Michaela Bartaun, Managing Director of Occupational Therapy Austria. As a prelude to the specialist conference, a press conference on the subject of “Occupational therapy in Austria is ready for digitization – a lack of integration wastes resources and makes it difficult to work” in the Wyndham Grand Hotel, Salzburg. As part of the press conference, pressing questions such as “When will the occupational therapists be included in the list of health service providers? What is the current state of the federal government of the federal government, and when is the involvement of MTD professions, in particular occupational therapy, planned in ELGA? Can our health system afford to exclude the occupational therapy from digitization?” discussed.

Occupational therapy
Occupational therapy is a legally regulated health profession and deals with meaningful activities in everyday life. This means everything we all do all day – want to do, have to do or what is expected of us. It is about activities from all areas of life that are important to us, make up our everyday life and give our lives meaning. The connection between meaningful activities, health and well -being is the focus of occupational therapy.

Ergotherapie Austria
Occupational therapy Austria is the professional advocacy of the occupational therapists in Austria. The Federal Association is a non-profit association that has set itself the task of ensuring the occupational therapy care of the population in Austria, as well as professional and educational policy measures for its members. Erzotherapy Austria has established itself as a partner in healthcare since 1969.

Occupational therapy in Austria is ready for digitization – a lack of integration wasted resources and makes it difficult to cooperate

The digitization of the healthcare system is progressing and occupational therapy in Austria has done its homework and is well prepared. However, despite all efforts, there is a lack of integration into the planning and processes, which in turn makes support impossible.

Datum: 21.03.2025, 11:00 a.m.

Art: Press and

Ort: Wyndham Grand Salzburg Conference Centre

Fanny-von-Lehnert-Straße 7

5020 Salzburg