System for evaluating medical technologies in military healthcare

Abstract

Modern challenges and threats, as well as unprecedented sanctions pressure on the Russian Federation, have contributed to the intensification of research both on the development of innovative medical technologies and on expanding the range of use of existing ones. At the same time, on the one hand, there is an increase in incoming proposals for the use of various medical technologies in military healthcare, and on the other hand, the need to ensure accessibility and improve the quality of medical care for military personnel and other cate- gories of assigned contingents is rapidly increasing. At the same time, in con- ditions of limited resources, the level of requirements for justifying the need to introduce one or another medical technology into the activities of military medical organizations and other medical units of the Armed Forces of the Rus- sian Federation naturally increases. All this predetermines the relevance of the development of a departmental system for assessing medical technologies for effective information support for making rational management decisions. The study examined the main directions of development of the medical tech- nology assessment system in military healthcare. In particular, goals and objectives are defined, the main aspects and possible forms of organizing a departmental system for assessing medical technologies are substantiated. The main elements of the basic model for assessing medical technologies in military healthcare are identified. In addition, the characteristics of the in- formation system for assessing medical technologies in military healthcare are given, its main components are given, as well as the expected effects of implementation. The implementation of the departmental concept for assessing medical tech- nologies in the main directions of development presented in the article on the basis of a specialized information system will not only help increase the availability of effective and safe medical technologies, but also the rational use of funds and other military healthcare resources. In addition, taking into ac- count the results of departmental assessment of medical technologies at the state level will serve as the basis for the formation of priority directions for the strategic development of the domestic medical and pharmaceutical industry in the interests of national defense and state security.