On June 21, 2024, the Symposium Community Nursing in Burgenland: Quo vadis? took place. I was there with pen and keen ears, visually capturing the presentations in real-time through Graphic Recording. The symposium focused on the challenges and opportunities in healthcare and presented Community Nursing as an innovative solution. Community Nursing brings caregivers directly into the communities to provide preventive and holistic care to people. The symposium featured reports from pilot projects and discussed the challenges as well as the successes of this new form of care.
A highlight was the opening prologue “The Fall of the Old Lady” by Prof. Peter J. Mayer, who impressively pointed out the need for better local care provision. Further presentations and practical reports, including those from Community Nurses in the pilot regions, demonstrated how this form of healthcare is already being successfully implemented in rural areas. The discussion on Digital Health with Mag. Herwig Loidl was particularly exciting, as he highlighted the impact of digital technologies on nursing and showed that digitalization plays an important role in increasing efficiency and improving the quality of care.
The Graphic Recording images created during the event were printed on-site for the participants, allowing them to take them home as a postcard keepsake. A truly inspiring event with many valuable insights for healthcare in Burgenland!
