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.