High-Tech Medical Care: Expanding Access

High-Tech Medical Care: Expanding Access

03 Jun, 16:45–18:00

Medical progress is dependent on complex and unique medical developments borne of modern scientific and technological breakthroughs. The recent significant changes to the healthcare funding system have affected the high-tech medical care sector as well. Now, federal medical organizations are directly funded through the Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund. This means improved public access to high-tech medical care.
Additionally, the development of a federal system for telemedical consultations in recent years means that a person with a medical condition can get a consultation with a specialist in any federal medical organization. In practice, however, the public is ill-informed of the services available to them; the majority do not know about the possibility of remote consultations. Moreover, patients often have trouble getting a telemedical consultation due to existing bureaucratic barriers.
These factors greatly limit the access of a large part of the population to the full potential of the modern healthcare system, which creates reputational risks for the healthcare system as a whole and limits the system’s ability to provide the necessary volume of care.
● How can the regional residents be kept properly informed of new opportunities to receive medical care from federal medical organizations?
● What needs to be done to ensure the effective operation of the federal system of telemedical consultations? How can regional medical workers be kept in the loop?
● How is the telemedical consultation system organized in other countries? What best practices can be borrowed?
● What are the best regional practices for increasing access to medical care?
● How will the new changes affect the quality of medical care?
● Will pricing need to be adjusted?











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