Medical information systems are increasingly used as part of the daily practice of health care staff. How to choose the right medical information system. What are the requirements for medical information systems? How to plan its implementation. How to properly train the staff. These are the main issues arising in front of the administration of the healthcare institution, and we will try to answer them in our article.

This condition was described in 1819. It is only 3-5% of all chronic lung diseases, but this pathology is progressing one, it often causes disability of the patient and secondary complications. The general practitioner should have an idea about this pathology, diagnostic methods and the main ways of treatment, which will allow to suspect the diagnosis in time and direct the patient to a specialist for treatment.

In 2016, the European Society of Cardiology published new Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure, which have a number of differences from the Guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology of 2012. The main provisions of the Guidelines are presented in the article.

The article presents an analysis of the introduction of telemedicine in Russia and abroad. The experience of using mobile telemedicine complexes (MTMC) in primary health care in the village by general practitioners (GPs) and at medical and obstetric stations is presented.

Coronary heart disease is of great clinical importance in medical practice. The development of medical science makes it possible to introduce new modern methods for treating this disease. One of them is coronary bypass surgery - a modern method of treating ischemic heart disease, which allows to significantly increase myocardial perfusion and increase the life expectancy of patients with coronary heart disease. In 2016, the Russian Society of Cardiac and Physical Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention, Russian Association of Cardiovascular Surgeons and Russian Society of Cardiology published the clinical protocol “Coronary Bypass Surgery for Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease: Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention.” The main provisions of this protocol are presented in the article.

The article suggests a variant of information sheet for a patient with bronchial asthma. It can be handed over to the patient, or can be placed in a medical institution in order to increase patient awareness of threatening symptoms and rules for the effective treatment of asthma.

An acute coronary syndrome is a pathological condition in which the blood supply of the myocardium through the coronary arteries is disturbed or stopped. The main cause of the development of acute coronary syndrome is the atherosclerotic lesion of coronary vessels supplying the myocardium. However, in 1973, N. Kemp first described the case of typical angina with normal coronary arteries. This syndrome was called “cardiac syndrome X”. Thus, “cardiac syndrome X” is a variant of ischemic heart disease, which is characterized by angina attacks with normal large coronary (supplying heart) arteries. A characteristic feature is the presence of multiple changes in the small coronary arteries, so the cardiac syndrome X is also called microvascular angina.

Italy’s healthcare system ranks second among European countries in terms of organization, availability and quality of health care. The health care organization is carried out at three levels – state, regional and local – as in many other countries. National Health Service delivers free health care to the population of Italy and is subordinate to the Ministry of Health, which is the legislative and supervisory body in the field of providing medical services. On site health care is provided with the participation of regional and local health institutions, and the funds are not always evenly distributed. Despite the fact that in 2001 the Italian Constitution was amended, according to which the “basic levels of health care” for the regions are set by the state, in most cases the regional authorities retain control over their own budgets and allocation of resources. As for most other European countries, Italy is characterized by large queues in medical centers and long waiting for admission to hospital, as well as for the comprehensive examination and planned surgical interventions.

Lymphoma is a group of hematologic diseases of lymphatic tissue, characterized by an enlargement of lymph nodes and/or damage to various internal organs, in which uncontrolled accumulation of “tumor” lymphocytes occurs. The first symptom of lymphoma is an increase in the size of the lymph nodes of different groups (cervical, axillary, or inguinal).