The Digital Era of Healthcare in Russia: Case Study

Abstract

These days, availability of digital technologies to a wide range of users forms modern interdisciplinary studies influencing the dynamics of society development. The paper substantiates the possibility of the Russian Federation to implement Digital projects. Digital transformations of the society often reveal the processes of social transformation, forcing science to constantly improve both technologies and software applied as electronic services. The phenomenon of digital transformation is specially noted in scientific studies and applied decisions in such area as Digital or Electronic Healthcare, a part of Digital Economy program or Smart City projects. The paper aims to identify the trends of the interdisciplinary research field “Social aspects of Digital Economy: design of telemedicine services” in the context of Russia. The article presents a comparative analysis of the publication dynamics in this field. The publications are part of Russian scientific discourse on the considered subject domains and trends. The research has been conducted based on the information arrays from various digital sources including scientific publications: eLibrary, a collection of Russian scientific publications, and the content of socio-political discourse (Integrum) over the past 10 years. A synthetic method, a unique scientific technique specially developed for the automated extraction and explication of contextual knowledge from an array of textual modality resources, is presented. The “Electronic Healthcare”, a priority project of St. Petersburg, its development and results are presented as a case study “Electronic service: Telemedicine consultation.”