Experience in using telemedicine technologies in the medical support system of the Armed Forces

The purpose of the study is to determine the main directions for the development of a system of remote telemedicine consultations to improve the quality of ongoing medical support measures for the Armed Forces. From 2016 to 2021, the number of military medical organizations equipped with telemedicine complexes increased 6.4 times (from 8 to 51), and the number of events held increased 16 times (from 100 to 1598), including telemedicine consultations (in emergency, urgent and planned forms), educational and research activities. The authors define the main directions for the development of the system such as: increasing the role of the leading medical specialists of the Ministry of Defense and military medical organizations; development of a list of activities required to be carried out in the system of remote telemedicine consultations; expanding the list of medical support measures recommended for implementation using telemedicine technologies; attracting more resources from military medical organizations of military districts (fleet) to provide telemedicine measures in the territorial system of medical support for troops (forces); a gradual increase in the information’s capacity system, data processing and storage center in proportion to the number of military medical organizations equipped with telemedicine systems.