The essentials discusses the possibilities of digital occupational health management (D-BGM)
from health communication such as health portals to wearables and health apps to online
coaching with regard to the requirements of Work 4.0. The reader receives information on the
integration of digital components in the health management portfolio and an argumentation
sketch with regard to the benefits of digitalization for increasing the effectiveness of health
management measures in a modern working world. Corresponding success factors are elaborated and
the potentials and risks of D-BGM are identified.
