In the Russian Federation, it is legally determined that telemedicine technologies are considered as any actions with any data obtained during a remote communication between doctors (councils, consultations), remote medical patient monitoring, including using medical devices. Medical devices with a function of remote transmission of the measurement data are used to detect diseases in some workers that impede their duty performance. There are hardly any publications on the experience of using such devices in other aspects of medical care. The issue of medical devices enhanced with remote data transmission to ensure standard of measurements has been elaborated in great detail. In terms of applicability in telemedicine technologies, remote patient monitoring devices are used to measure blood pressure and human body temperature, detect alcohol vapors in the exhaled air, record electrocardiogram. There is also patent activity. In 2019—2023, remote transmission of the measurement data including by medical devices was protected by a large number of invention or utility model patents. Nowadays, there are no legal, technological barriers to the use of medical devices enhanced with remote data transmission in primary care. In 2023—2024, 8 constituent entities of the Russian Federation are conducting a pilot project on remote patient monitoring with medical devices.

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