Problems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of MedicineProblems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of Medicine0869-866X2412-2106Joint-Stock Company Chicot160910.32687/0869-866X-2025-33-2-288-294НеопределенThe prognostication of need in IT-specialists in health careZudinB Aboriszudin@yandex.ruTimoshevskyA ATimoshevskijAA@zdrav.mos.ruDerbenevD Pdipald@mail.ruThe State Budget Institution “The Research Institute of Health Care Organization and Medical Management” of the Moscow Health Care Department, 115184, Moscow, Russia290420253321005202510052025Copyright © 2025,2025<p>In conditions of global digitization of health care, characterized by widespread implementation of information technologies into medical practice, the problem of prognostication of need for qualified IT specialists capable to ensure effective functioning and development of digital infrastructure of health care becomes especially relevant. The article considers modern trends in health care development, emphasizing increased role of IT specialists in providing high-quality and efficient medical care, and also analyzes main areas of activity of IT specialists in health care. The analysis demonstrated that, despite active development of digital health care in Russia, the country to a certain extent lags behind leaders in this field in terms of saturation of health care with qualified IT specialists. The study presents prognostication of need in IT specialists in health care in 2025-2026, characterized by dominance of software developers, as well as increasing of need for data analysts, cybersecurity specialists and DevOps engineers. To meet increasing need for IT specialists in health care in Russia, it is necessary to improve education system, to develop professional retraining programs and to organize favorable conditions for work of IT specialists in health care, including competitive salaries and opportunities for professional growth.</p>information technologyhealth careIT specialistpersonnel needsdigitizationprognosticationeducationmedical information systemsинформационные технологииздравоохранениеIT-специалистыпотребность в кадрахцифровизацияпрогнозированиеобразованиемедицинские информационные системы1.Gogleva E., Isaev M., Krikunova Yu. Healthcare. Analytical report on determining the structure of the forecast need for IT specialists Innopolis: Autonomous non-profit organization of higher education “Innopolis University”; 2022. 52 p. (in Russian).2.Singer J. S., Cheng E. M., Baldwin K. The UCLA Health Resident Informaticist Program — a novel clinical informatics training program. J. Am. Med. Inform. Assoc. 2017;24(4):832–40. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocw 1743.Detmer D. E., Lumpkin J. R., Williamson J. J. Defining the medical subspecialty of clinical informatics. J. Am. Med. Inform. Assoc. 2009;l;16(2):167–8. doi: 10.1197/jamia.M30944.Gadd C. S., Williamson J. J., Steen E. B. Eligibility requirements for advanced health informatics certification. J. Am. Med. Inform. Assoc. 2016;23(4):851–4. doi: 10.1093/ jamia/ocw0905.Low C. O., Li D. Informatics education in the Asia-Pacific Region, Singapore. Informatics Education in Healthcare: Lessons Learned. Springer; 2020. 311 p.6.Low C. O., Li D. Challenges of transformation on our healthcare IT Journey. SMA News. 2015;47:5–7.7.Topol E. J. High-performance medicine: the convergence of human and artificial intelligence. Nat. Med. 2019;25(1):44–56. doi: 10.1038/s41591-018-0300-78.Bhavnani S. P., Narula J., Sengupta P. P. Mobile technology and the digitization of healthcare. Eur. Heart J. 2016;37(18):1428–38. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv7709.Keesara S., Jonas A., Schulman K. COVID-19 and health care's digital revolution. Nat. Engl. J. Med. 2020;382(23):e82. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp200583510.Obermeyer Z., Emanuel E. J. Predicting the future — big data, machine learning, and clinical medicine. Nat. Engl. J. Med. 2016;375(13):1216–9. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp160618111.Fridsma D. B. Health informatics: a required skill for 21st century clinicians. BMJ. 2018;362:k3043. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k304312.Detmer D. E., Shortliffe E. H. Clinical informatics: prospects for a new medical subspecialty. JAMA. 2014;311(20):2067–8. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.351413.Healthcare IT Specialist Job Description [Updated for 2025]. Available at: https://interviewguy.com/healthcare-it-specialist-job-description/14.Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation. Digital Economy Indicators 2024. Statistical Digest, HSE. Moscow. 2024. 278 p. Available at: https://ai.gov.ru/knowledgebase/infrastruktura-ii/2024_indikatory_cifrovoy_ekonomiki_2024_statisticheskiy_sbornik_vshe/ (in Russian).15.Snegireva Yu. Yu., Ananchenkova P. I., Seifieva E. N., Kovaleva I. P., Strizhak M. S. Modern mechanisms of integration of medical organizations in the healthcare system. Problems of social hygiene, public health and the history of medicine. 2023;31(6):1402–7 (in Russian).