The initial supply outpatient clinic (EVA) Graz -West was launched in order to meet the increasing requirements in the hospital samples of the UKH Styria – location Graz and the LKH Graz II location West.
So far, numerous treatments have been carried out there, which would also be possible in the resident area with the same quality. In the Eva now upstream, patients are cared for: on the inside and forwarded to the right places if necessary. On Wednesday, the Eva Graz-West was officially opened as part of a celebration.
The range of services of the EVA includes general medical acute care, expanded by laboratory and radiological diagnostics. This enables comprehensive primary care for everyone who is looking for medical help without an appointment but do not require hospital medical treatment.
The Eva is housed in UKH Styria – Graz location of the Auva. The corresponding adaptation work was carried out in November and December 2024. The Health Fund Styria provided an investment funding of EUR 195,000.
The test operation started in December 2024 and was switched to full operation on January 7, 2025. Since the commissioning of the EVA, over 2,400 patients have been treated on the inside.
The Eva is open from Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The general practitioners who work independently can register for the services in the EVA via an electronic platform of the health care GmbH (GVG) and are supported by two ordination assistants.
Nursing staff from AUVA and Kages ensures an optimal distribution of the patient: inside between the EVA and the hospital legacies.
This cross-sectoral cooperation makes Eva Graz-West a pioneer initiative in first medical medical care and a model for further locations.
The current company is financed across the board by AUVA, the health fund Styria, the ÖGK, the SVS and the BVAEB.
Auva General Director Mag. Alexander Bernart: “Thanks to its excellent reputation, the Styria’s accident hospital – location Graz from numerous patients: Although our focus is on work accidents, it is important to us to provide patient with less serious injuries and to treat them at the ‘Best Point of Service’. The right place is also helped.
Health Councilor Dr. Karlheinz Kornhäusl: “I want to open up for better health care for the Steirer, wherever it is possible. Therefore, I am particularly pleased that we have managed to open this unique outpatient clock in a joint effort. This exemplary pension project overcomes the thicket of skills, responsibilities and financial streams in the healthcare system and focuses on the patients. Federal level continues to advertise a master plan of health Austria, which is supposed to restructure the health system in a strong togetherness. ”
Kages CEO Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gerhard Stark and Kages board for finance and technology, Ulf Drabek: “The initial care outpatient clinic is a successful example of a graded outpatient care in the hospital sector. Furthermore, this model shows the successful networking of different hospital carriers, ÖGK and health funds in the acute care of patients with complaints that affect the field of general medicine, internal medicine and orthopedics and traumatology.”