Gryaznova E.V., Chichkan E.A. Informatization of the management of the outpatient-clinical industry in the Russian Federation: problems and prospects

Abstract: Realization of the tasks on modernization of the Russian healthcare system aimed at increasing the affordability and quality of the medical help rendered to the population requires new approaches towards planning, management, and financing. There is currently a problem of the insufficient financing of the healthcare system and the irrational use of the resources of this industry; it particularly refers to the outpatient-clinical activity. The solution to these problems requires the informatization of the management in this area. There is lack of scientific researches that allow assessing the affordability, quality, and effectiveness of the first medical assistance within the outpatient-clinical industry using the information technologies. In the course of this work, it is demonstrated that the level of informatization within the Russian healthcare system is quite low. The major problems that affect the quality of management in the healthcare system consists in the insufficient financing of the development of IT-technologies for healthcare, as well as in the imperfection of the legislative base of the digital healthcare and electronic document management. The author believes that in order to increase the quality of management of the outpatient-clinical activity, it is necessary to implement the analytical and decision-making modules, and conduct the monitoring of the results of informatization to eliminate the emerging issues.

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