Telemedicine technologies in the Astrakhan region

Over the past decade, the state budgetary healthcare institution “Aleksand-ro-Mariinsky Re­gional Clinical Hospital” (GBUZ JSC AMOKB) has conducted numerous telemedicine services. The main task of which was to consult a doctor online, which made it possible to identify the main positive aspects of the introduction of telemedicine in Astrakhan healthcare.

Remote monitoring of patients suffering from chronic pathologies, which is actively implemented by the State Medical Institution of JSC AMOKB, allows improving the overall quality of life of patients, reduc­ing and rationally distributing the burden on medical staff. As part of telemedicine, patients receive in an ac­cessible form the necessary information about their condition, the specifics of examination and treatment, and improved monitoring of compliance with doctor's prescriptions. Timely correction of prescribed treat­ment, increasing the effectiveness of drug therapy, increases the degree of awareness and medical literacy of patients, which reduces mortality among patients suffering from cardiovascular diseases and other common pathologies, reducing the number of hospitalizations, calls for emergency medical care.

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