The Austrian Health Information System (Österreichisches Gesundheitsinformationssystem, ÖGIS) presents an essential tool for health reporting and planning and is designed as a geographical information system (GIS). It offers maps and time series displays as well as simple statistical analysis methods for all epidemiological core topics (e.g. life expectancy, mortality, cancer incidence, hospital frequency, subjective health status). Furthermore, information on nearly all subsectors of the health system (e.g. acute hospitals, rehabilitation centres, general practitioners, and emergency services) is available via ÖGIS.

ÖGIS answers a wide variety of questions, such as the number of implanted hip endoprostheses in Austrian hospitals, the number of inpatients with diabetes or the subjective health perception of the population in the individual federal provinces. In addition, questions about life expectancy or cancer mortality in a particular residential district compared to the Austrian average can be answered.