Telemedicine in Russia
Professor Boris A Kobrinskiy, Chairman of the Medical Centre for
New Information Technology at Moscow’s Research Institute for Paediatrics
and Children’s Surgery, describes how Russia is using telemedical
communications.
ABSTRACT
During the last decade telemedicine became a reality in Russian
healthcare practice. Nationwide projects are being implemented and regional
telemedical networks are actively being formed. Specialised areas of
telemedicine (teledermatology, teleradiology, teleanaesthesiology, etc) have
evolved. Experience has been gained from disaster telemedicine and from
remote health monitoring of the Russian expeditions to Antarctica. The place
of videoconferences in the entire system of teleconsultation has been
identified, and the use of information technologies in the processes of
teleconsultations is increasing. Thousands of teleconsultations a year are
now conducted at both federal and regional levels.
Br J Healthcare Comput Info Manage 2006; 23(10): 13–15. |
