Regulatory information: the principles and prospects of development at the stage of creating a single digital contour in health care

Aim. The aim of the study was to consolidate the principles and rules for building a regulatory and reference space based on the analysis of previous phases of implementation to prioritize the development and to create a single digital contour in health care.Information sources. Data were obtained from the Regulatory Service at the Federal Registry of Regulatory and Reference Information (RRI), regulations of the Russian Ministry of Health in the field of information technology development, and the methodical and conceptual documents of the federal project “Creation of the integrated digital contour in healthcare based on the uniform state health information system”.Results. The stages of creating a single system of regulatory and reference information in the health sector over the past decade were analyzed taking into account the continuity of goals and objectives consistently presented in the conceptual and strategic documents that define the process of creating unique state health information system, as well as the experience of their solution. The analysis allowed to formulate the basic principles of development, namely: central management, structural unity, functional unity, information unity, and prioritization of tasks. Consolidation of principles and rules provided the basis for a scientific and methodical approach to further development of a single RRI system at the stage of creating a single digital contour in health care and shaping priorities of the development.Conclusion. At the stage of creating a single digital contour in health care, which has been approached by many countries, including Russia, the importance of a ubiquitous language of communication increases dramatically and, as the events associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have shown, the readiness of information systems directly determines the readiness of society to meet challenges and to protect the population.