E-health in patients with chronic heart failure: realities and prospects
Heart failure is one of the key problems of the domestic healthcare system in the Russian Federation. A high percentage of mortality and re-hospitalization, low patient adherence to treatment, staff shortages and problems of the outpatient department make it necessary to improve management in this category of patients. The solution of these tasks requires an integrated approach that can ensure the implementation of e-health at all stages of the provision of medical care to patients with heart failure. E-health, which includes telemedicine (mobile healthcare, remote monitoring, telephone interviewing, electronic platforms, applications), artificial intelligence technologies, social media, can be a leading tool in optimizing the monitoring and treatment of patients with heart failure, but its large-scale implementation in currently, it is limited by both the existing legal regulation and the lack of accessible technologies for patients. The article presents the basic tools of e-health that can be used at present, and also identifies the main prospects for the development of this area in patients with heart failure.