Problems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of MedicineProblems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of Medicine0869-866X2412-2106Joint-Stock Company Chicot106610.32687/0869-866X-2022-30-s1-1087-1090Научная статьяTHE DEVELOPMENT OF TELEMEDICINE TECHNOLOGIES AND THE ATTITUDE OF SENIOR CITIZENS TO THEIR USEOdintsovaO. V.-KorshunovA. M.-KotovskayaM. G.-GurtskoyL. D.gurtskoyld@yandex.ruRussian State University named after A. N. Kosygin (Technologies. Design. Art)Scientific Research Institute of Healthcare Organization and Medical Management of the Moscow Department of Healthcare»Rostov State Medical University1511202230s11087109017112022Copyright © 2022,2022The purpose of the study presented in this paper is to consider the attitude of senior citizens (aged 65 years and older) to telemedicine technologies and their readiness to use them.Telemedicine has become widespread in recent years, and its use will expand in the near future. Telemedicine technologies have proved to be an effective tool for solving a number of problems: providing access to medical consultations, prompt response of medical workers to patient requests, monitoring of health indicators, etc. However, the prevalence of the use of these technologies is differentiated in different age groups. Due to the fact that elderly citizens are not active users of digital gadgets, the introduction of telemedicine technologies into their daily practice of taking care of their own health is in many ways difficult.healthcaretechnologymedicineelderlyInternetgadgetsздравоохранениетехнологиимедицинапожилыеинтернетгаджеты1.Bass S. B. How will Internet use affect the patient? A review of computer network and closed Internet-based system studies and the implications in understanding how the use of the Internet affects patient populations //j. Health Psychol. 2003; 8: 25-38.2.Ананченкова П. И., Волкова О. А., Пашко Т. Ю. Эйджизм. Старение. Достойная старость. М.; 2019.3.Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division. URL: http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.html (дата обращения: 17.03.2022).4.Pew Internet and American Life Project. Cloud computing, politics, and adult social networking. 2008. URL: http://pewinternet.org/Shared-Content/Data-Sets/2008/May-2008-Cloud-computing-politics-and-adult-social-networking.aspx (дата обращения: 17.03.2022).5.Smith A. Older adults and technology use. 2014. URL: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2014/04/03/older-adults-and-technology-use6.Granger B. B., Bosworth H. Medication adherence: emerging use of technology // Curr. Opin. Cardiol. 2011. Vol. 26, N 4. P. 279-287.7.Associated Press-NORC Survey - 2021. URL: https://www.norc.org/Research/Topics/Pages/default.aspx8.Greenwald P., Ethan Stern M., Clark S., Sharma R. Older adults and technology: in telehealth, they may not be who you think they are // Int. J. Emerg. Med. 2018. Vol. 11. P. 2.9.U. S. Census Bureau. 65+ in the United States: 2005. Washington; 2015.10.O’Hanlon A., Bond R., Knapp B. et al. The Nestling Project: attitudes toward technology and associations with health, relationships, and quality of life // Gerontechnology. 2010. Vol. 9, N 2. P. 236.11.Olson K. E., O’Brien M. A., Rogers W. A. et al. Diffusion of technology: frequency of use for younger and older adults // Ageing Int. 2011. Vol. 36, N 1. P. 123-145.