Problems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of MedicineProblems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of Medicine0869-866X2412-2106Joint-Stock Company Chicot159010.32687/0869-866X-2025-33-2-171-175НеопределенThe actual directions of digital development of health care systemAbesalashviliM Zabesala_m@mail.ruAlievaM Faliyevamargarita@mail.ruPshizovaB Mpshizova.b@mail.ruThe Kuban Cossack State Institute of Food Industry and Business (Branch) of The Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education “The G. K. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (The First Cossack University)”, 353500, Temryuk, RussiaThe Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education “Adygei State University”, 385000, Maykop, RussiaThe Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education “The Kuban State Medical University”, 350063, Krasnodar, Russia290420253320805202508052025Copyright © 2025,2025<p>The article presents results of analysis of current trends, challenges and prospects of health care digitization. The key directions of digital transformation are considered: telemedicine, implementation of e-medical records, application of AI, Big Data analysis, patient remote monitoring. The statistical data confirming growth of digitization of health care at the international and national levels, including national experience of Russia, are presented. The special attention is paid to challenges of digitization, including cybersecurity issues, insufficient digital literacy of medical personnel and complexity of normative legal regulation. In conclusion, importance of integrated approach, of interaction of the state, medical institutions and IT companies for effective implementation of digital technologies is emphasized. It is concluded that digitization of health care is both a challenge and a unique opportunity to modernize medicine.</p>health caredigitizationtelemedicineAIBig Datacybersecuritye-medical recordremote monitoringdigital transformationцифровизация здравоохранениятелемедицинаискусственный интеллектбольшие данныекибербезопасностьэлектронные медицинские картыдистанционный мониторингцифровая трансформация[Systematic work to ensure support and implementation of changes. Digital healthcare in the WHO European Region. 2023 World Health Organization; 2023.][Global Telehealth Market. Available at: https://www.databridgemarketresearch.com/ru/reports/global-telehealth-market (accessed 11.12.2024).][In 2021, the telemedicine market in Russia increased by 9.7% to 4.95 million teleconferences. Available at: https://marketing.rbc.ru/articles/13373/ (accessed 11.12.2024).][Murashko named the deadline for the mandatory transition to electronic medical records. Available at: https://www.rbc.ru/society/02/12/2023/656b56bd9a794774d175ac7a (accessed 11.12.2024).][Zhang C., Xu J., Tang R. Novel research and future prospects of artificial intelligence in cancer diagnosis and treatment. J. Hematol. Oncol. 2023;16:114.][Review of Russian artificial intelligence systems for healthcare. Available at: https://webiomed.ru/blog/obzor-rossiiskikh-sistem-iskusstvennogo-intellekta-dlia-zdravookhraneniia/ (accessed 11.12.2024).][IBM and Healthcare — how Watson helps people. Available at: https://www.interface.ru/home.asp?artId=40221 (accessed 11.12.2024).][Distribution of consumers' openness towards virtual primary care worldwide in 2023, by country. Available at: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1418089/openness-to-virtual-care-worldwide/ (accessed 11.12.2024).][Unified digital platform in healthcare: consolidated experience. Available at: https://itforum.admhmao.ru/upload/iblock/0ad/Edinaya-tsifrovaya-platforma.-MIS-_Elovikov-I.V._.pdf (accessed 11.12.2024).][Sber’s digital solutions for patients and doctors. Available at: https://www.vedomosti.ru/spec/2022/12/02/tsifrovie-resheniya-sbera-dlya-patsientov-i-vrachei-japbiqn4g (accessed 11.12.2024).][The Cybersecurity Almanac for 2023: 100 facts, figures, forecasts and statistics. Available at: https://newsletter.radensa.ru/archives/1461 (accessed 11.12.2024).][41% of health workers reported difficulties in their work after the introduction of digital technologies. Available at: https://medvestnik.ru/content/news/O-slojnostyah-v-rabote-posle-vnedreniya-cifrovyh-tehnologii-zayavili-41-medrabotnikov.html (accessed 11.12.2024).][Current cyber threats: the results of 2022. Available at: https://www.ptsecurity.com/ru-ru/research/analytics/cybersecurity-threatscape-2022/ (accessed 11.12.2024).][Besschetnova O. V., Volkova O. A., Aliev S. I., Ananchenkova P. I., Drobysheva L. N. The influence of digital media on the mental health of children and youth. Problems of social hygiene, public health and the history of medicine. 2021;29(3):462–7.]