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The role of medical ergonomics in improving the activities of medical professionals and improving the quality of their medical care to the population abroad: review
- Authors: Turzin P.S.1
- Affiliations:
- Research Institute for Healthcare Organization and Medical management of Moscow Healthcare Department, Moscow, Russia
- Issue: No 3 (2025)
- Pages: 314-320
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://remedium-journal.ru/journal/article/view/1804
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.32687/1561-5936-2025-29-3-314-320
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Abstract
The relevance of the performed analytical study was due to the fact that since 2025, national projects «Long and active life» and «New Health saving technologies» have been actively implemented in the Russian Federation, aimed at both the prevention and correction of risk factors for diseases of the country's population, as well as the development and implementation of medical innovations. Medical ergonomics is designed to solve the same key tasks, using its methodology to study the processes, means and conditions of activity in the «medical worker — medical equipment — patient» system both in order to prevent fatigue, develop occupational diseases and preserve the health of medical professionals, and improve the quality of their medical care to the population. Therefore, using the international database on biomedical research PubMed, based on the keywords «medical ergonomics», in compliance with the PRISMA guidelines, an analysis of the results of the implementation of modern relevant priority areas for the development of foreign medical research and technologies in the field of medical ergonomics to improve the processes, facilities and working conditions of doctors of various medical specialties was carried out.
About the authors
Petr Stepanovich Turzin
Research Institute for Healthcare Organization and Medical management of Moscow Healthcare Department, Moscow, Russia
Email: b71112@yandex.ru
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