Informatization - a healthcare development trajectory in the age of digital economy: Republic of Tatarstan case study

The health care system of the Russian Federation undergoes numerous transformations: economic, financial, social, technical, organizational, industrial. The unique challenge of this industry is the effect it has on the development of the national economy through preservation of public health (reduction of mortality, especially among working age population, infant and age-related mortality, morbidity and disability, increase of life expectancy, etc.) This drives the need to develop a mechanism of adaptation of the medical and economic processes aimed at the formation of a new economic structure. The speed of technological changes is ever increasing and knowledge, technology, and competence become the main competitive advantages. Thus, innovations in the health care system of the Republic of Tatarstan elevate the region’s economy to the sustainable growth trajectory. Experts name the fusion of technology, science and IT as the most important key to success.