News Digest 22.02.2024 — 26.02.2024
Regulators
Roszdravnadzor and the Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund will establish an exchange of information on the results of inspections of medical organizations
Roszdravnadzor and the Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund (CHF) signed an agreement on interdepartmental cooperation on February 24. Within its framework, it is planned to carry out information exchange on the results of control and surveillance activities carried out in medical organizations, the press service of Roszdravnadzor reported.
In particular, the parties intend to interact in carrying out MHIF activities to control the volume, timing, quality and conditions of providing medical care by territorial compulsory medical insurance funds (TFIF) and medical insurance organizations (IMO), as well as control and supervisory activities of territorial bodies of Roszdravnadzor.
Market news
A clinic will be built in Moscow for 3.7 billion rubles
The contractor must build a 7-story building and organize in the institution a antenatal clinic, a children's department, a milk distribution point, the Moscow Longevity Center, departments for social rehabilitation of the disabled and comprehensive assistance “My Family Doctor”. The total area of the facility should be 14 thousand square meters. m.
The customer set the work completion period at 395 days from the date of conclusion of the contract. In 2024, 2 billion rubles will be allocated for the work, and in 2025 – 1.7 billion rubles. 1.6 billion rubles from the total amount will be allocated exclusively for construction and installation work, 1.3 billion rubles - for equipment.
In February 2024, the head of the Complex of Urban Development Policy and Construction of Moscow, Andrei Bochkarev, noted that 400 people would work in the upcoming institution.
According to the capital’s Department of Health, during the first stage of reconstruction of clinics in Moscow in 2020–2023, 200 buildings, or half of all such medical institutions, were renovated. In July 2023, the authorities announced the second stage of modernization of clinics until 2025, which included another 140 buildings. New buildings of medical organizations are also opening: at the first stage, 16 facilities were built.
Moscow authorities will allocate 227 in 2024–2026 to “strengthen the material and technical base” of medical facilities – completion of the second stage of overhaul of clinics, modernization of hospital emergency departments, construction of women’s health centers and equipping healthcare institutions with equipment, including under life cycle contracts. .5 billion rubles, including 121.6 billion rubles in 2024.
Source: https://vademec.ru/news/2024/02/26/v-moskve-postroyat-polikliniku-za-3-7-mlrd-rubley-/
The volume of paid medical services in 2023 amounted to 1.356 trillion rubles
Rosstat presented preliminary data on the volume of paid medical services for January – December 2023: the figure reached 1.356 trillion rubles, which at current prices exceeded the 2022 value of 1.22 trillion rubles by 11.24%. In comparable prices, according to calculations by the statistical service, the volume increased by only 2.71%. This dynamics slightly improved the result of 2021/2022, when at current prices the growth was 8.6%, at comparable prices – 1.2%.
Source: https://vademec.ru/news/2024/02/22/obem-platnykh-meduslug-v-2023-godu-sostavil-1-356-trln-rubley/
Other
FDA recommends against using smartwatches to measure glucose levels
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it has not tested any such devices and their use may have harmful effects on health. This is especially dangerous for people with diabetes - inaccurate blood glucose measurements can lead to incorrect dosing of insulin or other medications used to treat the disease.
The FDA has indicated that there are currently no approved devices that measure blood glucose levels non-invasively.
In the UK, artificial intelligence and telemedicine saved $126.7 million on hospital care
News that gives optimism to people with a phobia of hospitals (jatrophobia): in England, local authorities reported 7.5 million home visits and savings of 100 million pounds sterling ($126.7 million) in government costs. budget thanks to the “home hospital” model, when traditional hospital care is replaced by several digital services to provide medical care at home. In my opinion, the figure of 7.5 million visits for the winter of 2024 sounds cosmic; perhaps the journalists of the Digital Health portal, which posted the news, simply got something wrong.
The news is about the use of a solution from Cera - a platform that combines telemedicine, home visits and a service based on artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to predict the risk of hospitalization. Thanks to its implementation in UK healthcare, local authorities were able to reduce the number of hospitalizations by 52%.
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