Cancer care in Austria

Austria generally presents the highest standards of cancer care. However, disparities between regions, especially between the major regions such as Vienna and Salzburg and the rest of the country are apparent. While inpatient treatment can be considered well developed, there is still potential for better and more efficient management in outpatient care, for instance in rehabilitation and aftercare. Furthermore, the system is undergoing major reforms with the aim to reduce the administrative and financial burden by aiming to increase more efficient processes.

All.Can Austria initiative

All.Can Austria’s mission is to establish structures and concerted actions that ensure cancer patients not only survive but have a chance to return to their daily lives. To this end, representatives from patient organisations, healthcare professionals, researchers, scientific media and industry united to work together and have been accepted as a national initiative by the All.Can international steering committee in June 2019.

Activities and milestones

All.Can Austria has endorsed two projects to start with:

  1. A systemic approach to embed All.Can Austria in the national health landscape and ensure a strategic orientation with a concept paper; and
  2. Evaluation of the efficiency and efficacy of tumour boards with the aim of improving patient outcomes. This project is carried out in cooperation with the Medical University of Vienna and hospitals throughout the country.

Further projects are in the process of evaluation for later implementation.

All.Can Austria – Achievements 2021 and Plans 2022

After a very busy and exciting year 2021, All.Can Austria is ready to take new steps towards becoming one of the major stakeholders in the Austrian cancer field. During 2021 the Austrian National Initiative set up and decided on a new strategy paper and  terms…

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Members

Andrea Schweiger

Karl-Landsteiner-Institut für Krankenhausorganisation

Bernhard Schweighofer

MSD

Claas Röhl

NF Kinder

Cornelia Moser

Bristol Myers Squibb

Helga Thurnher

Selbsthilfe Darmkrebs

Michael Feilmayr

Cancer Survivors

Prof. Dr. Gabriela Kornek

Leben mit Krebs

Prof. Dr. Guido Offermanns

Institut für Krankenhausorganisation bei der Karl-Landsteiner-Gesellschaft

Raoul Mazhar

Ärzte Woche

Sabine Spitz

EUPATI

Ulrich Lübcke

Bristol Myers Squibb

All.Can Austria – Achievements 2021 and Plans 2022

After a very busy and exciting year 2021, All.Can Austria is ready to take new steps towards becoming one of the major stakeholders in the Austrian cancer field. During 2021…

All.Can Austria – Press Conference

On 3 November 2021, four representatives of All.Can Austria met at the Presseclub Concordia in Vienna, Austria to talk about the official foundation of All.Can in Austria and related projects…