Practical significance of remote functional diagnosis methods in system of “Russian railways – medicine” of Sverdlovsk railway

Objective. To estimate the efficiency of using remote technologies and provision of unique service of functional diagnosis in the framework of corporative system of the net of medical institutions, territorially distant from each other.

Nowadays, a wide introduction of IT-technologies in medicine has a perspective and priority significance in conditions of unfavorable epidemiological situation including sickness rate of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19.

Materials and methods. The efficiency of remote methods was analyzed and assessed using the results of studies among the workers of “RZhD” and contractual enterprises.

Results. Remote consultations permit to increase the number of applied methods of investigation, give the opportunity to obtain qualified conclusions, consolidate information in general database allowing to fill up medical staff deficiency.

Conclusions. Thus, patients obtain operatively made unified medical conclusions, which are transferred via defended channels of “Internet”.