Digitalization in medicine: advantages and disadvantages

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Digitalization in healthcare is aimed at improving the quality of medical care for the population and is associated with the use of advanced medical and digital technologies. This form of medical care is designed to solve problems such as managing the flow of patients through electronic document management; developing the potential of telemedicine and artificial intelligence; improving the quality of medical care by involving digital technologies in the interaction of a doctor, medical staff and a patient; increasing the speed of obtaining high-quality medical care regardless of the location of the patient; automating the formation of statistical and reporting documentation of a medical institution. In Russia, various digital medicine tools are used to one degree or another, such as electronic medical records, Big Data, telemedicine, cloud security systems, neural network and others. Among this diversity, experts have identified the most promising of them, such as biosensors, telemedicine, mHealth applications, robotic surgery and others. But, like any event, digitalization brings for medical workers and medical institutions both difficulties in work and a significant simplification of their activities. In such circumstances, it is advisable to summarize the results of the introduction of digital technologies into the activities of domestic medical organizations.

Keywords: digitalization, healthcare, promising digital technologies, problems and achievements of digitalization in healthcare