Information systems in public health service

The article is dedicated to new technologies in public health service. More than two-years’ experience is taken into account acquired in this field by the specialists of the Karelian Scientific Medical Center of North-West Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, the Department of Applied Mathematics and Cybernetics, the Department of Faculty Surgery of Petrozavodsk State University and medical center «Kondopoga». The article gives a summary of the experience in creating the medical information system (IS) “Kondopoga” and experience of other IS creators.

At once we should mention that we have studied both domestic and foreign examples of information systems creation. However the specificity of our public health service and the legal features of today influ­ence the introduction of information technologies so significantly that the main role, certainly, is played by domestic projects. The purpose of this article has been summarizing the separate publications in literature, the assessment of the situation from the point of view of our own experience and forecasts of development of medical information science and new technologies.