“At the height of the pandemic, the number of users of remote medical services, including telemedicine, increased worldwide. This was largely due to the liberalization of legislation. In the United States, telemedicine was added to the Most insurance plans in France are covered by the social guarantee program,” said Rossiyskaya Gazeta. newspaper” Chairman of the Board of Directors of the medical technical company “Doctor Near” Maxim Chernin.
In our country, the opportunity to consult with the attending physician by phone or Skype is the dream of many patients. And more and more doctors are going to meet them, but in most cases unofficially, purely of their own free will. In private medicine, such “doctor-patient” communication develops much faster.
“Over the last two to three years, telemedicine has become the standard for corporate voluntary health insurance programs. To some extent, the ability for remote consultation is now present in most corporate plans,” Chernin said. “At the same time, clinics and Until now, insurance companies have promoted telemedicine only as an addition to essential services, they failed to integrate digital technologies with the classic face-to-face medicine format, so online services they are still used in the industry today as convenient adjuncts for the traditional patient. journey.”
The program, which began under a government-mandated Pilot Legal Regime (PRE) for patients at nearly three dozen medical facilities, is a major step forward.
“According to this regime, after a full-time primary appointment, the patient can undergo monitoring and remote consultations in the same medical institution, including any other doctor in this clinic, and the specialist has the right to correct the diagnosis, prescribe therapy and write prescriptions online”, – said the expert.
“The future of medicine lies in further mutual integration of online and offline communication channels of medical institutions and patients into a single system. This will be greatly facilitated by the widespread use of applications for devices and mobile medical devices Anything that is of interest to the patient must take place in the full-time reception will be delivered offline, and what can be transferred online will be done remotely When telemedicine and face-to-face reception are interconnected , it will be possible to ensure full continuity of patient management, and this is what modern medicine strives for, “Chernin believes.
What will the patient receive as part of the experiment?
The initial examination must be face-to-face, but once the diagnosis has been made, a subsequent follow-up of the patient and remote consultations can be carried out. The interval between the face-to-face appointment and the online consultation should not exceed 30 days. The patient has the right to apply to any department of the medical institution, even in another city or region. He can consult in absentia not only with his own doctor who made the diagnosis, but also with other doctors in the same clinic. It is stipulated that these must be experienced specialists – at least seven years of work experience in the specialty.Under the program, assistance is not provided to minors, as well as patients with infectious diseases.medicines.The main advantages of the experiment are saving the patient the waiting time for a consultation, the right to choose a treating doctor and the opportunity to seek help in any city and region.
“The ability to quickly communicate with a qualified medical specialist at almost any time and from anywhere in the country and the world is a huge advantage of the program,” emphasizes Maxim Chernin. In remote areas, this often significantly increases the chances of getting professional advice. the right doctor, including a rare specialization.
Such telemedicine services partially reduce financial barriers: as a rule, the price of remote consultations is somewhat lower than the cost of face-to-face reception. For many people, a visit to the doctor is also a psychological challenge, you need to gather your moral strength, but contacting a doctor through video or audio communication is much easier. All of this together not only improves patient comfort, but also contributes to earlier detection of the disease and initiation of treatment, which is critical to its success.”
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Full list of medical organizations participating in the experiment.
The subjects of the experimental legal regime are:
“Group of companies “Medsi”; “Medsi 2”; “Medsi St. Petersburg”; “Clinic on the Petrograd side”; “Medsi-Perm”; “Medsi-Izhevsk”; “; “Good mood” (Moscow); “Clinic in Maroseyka”; “Berkanamedica”; “National Medical Service”; “Innovative Medicine”; “M-Line”; “RenClinic”; “European Medical Center”; Clinical Hospital ” RZD-Medicine, Smolensk; Central Clinical Hospital RZD-Medicine, Moscow; Clinical Hospital RZD-Medicine, Rostov-on-Don; Clinical Hospital RZD-Medicine, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk; Clinical Hospital “RZD-Medicine” of the city of Omsk; “RZD-Medicine Clinical Hospital of the city of Krasnodar”; “Medoria”; “Clinic-Tour”; “Reflex Plus”; “General Medical Center-SP”; “Medical Center “Vrach”; “East West”.
