VECTORS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIFIED MEDICAL INFORMATION SPACE.

Aim: The aim of the article is to analyze the current state of functioning of the medical information space of Ukraine in order to formulate scientifically sound proposals aimed at improving the implementation of medical reform.

Materials And Methods: The study is based on the analysis of literary sources of Ukrainian and international scientists, Ukrainian and foreign legislation and judicial practice. The article uses general theoretical and special methods of scientific cognition: theoretical analysis, systemic and structural, analysis and synthesis, sociological and statistical, logical and semantic, comparative and legal, method of ascent from the abstract to the concrete, forecasting and generalization.

Results: One of the key categories of the reform of the Ukrainian national medical sphere - the unified medical information space and its constituent elements - is studied. The electronic health care system, which stores medical data about patients in a single place and ensures their exchange between medical institutions, is analyzed. Emphasis is placed on the possibilities of using telemedicine and artificial intelligence, which play a key role in the development of the unified medical information space in accordance with global trends. The importance of legislative provision of efficiency and safety of the unified medical space is emphasized. It is about regulating the protection of personal data, establishing technical standards and requirements for medical information systems, ensuring confidentiality, integrity and data availability of the unified medical information space.

Conclusions: Conclusions are drawn about the importance of proper functioning of each of the elements of the unified medical information space, both individually and in conjunction with each other. The authors' vision of improving the existing system of the unified medical information space is presented.