Current Status and Prospects for the Development of Health Resort Complex of the Russian Federation

INTRODUCTION. Medical rehabilitation and health resort treatment are significant, dynamically developing links of the healthcare system that have a high potential to influence the level of health of the population of the Russian Federation. A special role in the development of these medical areas is played by modern information complexes, in particular, the «State Registry of Resorts of the Russian Federation». AIM. To analyze the current state of the health resort complex of the Russian Federation and to reveal the most perspective directions of its improvement, including medical rehabilitation, provided by sanatoriums having licenses for medical rehabilitation. MATERIAL AND METHODS. Regulatory and legal acts, feedback from organizational and methodological support of the subjects of the Russian Federation in the profile «health resort treatment» with an assessment of the quality of medical care were used. Data from information-analytical systems of the health resort industry of the Russian Federation were also used for the analysis. RESULTS. The main ways of development of health resort organizations of the Russian Federation have been analyzed and presented, including the main tasks aimed at improving the quality of medical care, expanding the use of natural healing resources and modern non-medicinal treatment and rehabilitation methods and health care informatization. Research limitation. The proposed ways of development are applicable to health organizations of the Russian Federation licensed to provide medical care for health resort treatment, as well as medical rehabilitation. CONCLUSION. For further improvement of health resort treatment important aspects are development and implementation of personalized programs of medical rehabilitation and non-drug prevention of chronic non-infectious diseases, development of algorithms and common criteria for assessing the effectiveness of health resort treatment, development of the State Register of the Russian Federation Resort Fund including an interactive map of resorts of the Russian Federation.