[Current state and trends in development of automated systems in the military health care]

Nowadays computer technique is used by command echelons of medical service in central structures, armed services, military regions, groups of troops, fleets, and by about 80 medical establishments of central or regional subordination. Automated systems projection and its fitting out for central structures of medical service occupy the leading place in this process. At present more than 150 complex tasks are being performed with the help of computer programs or undergo working out process. However, computer application programs sometimes are based upon ineffective medical methodics. The employment of computer facilities for carrying out primitive tasks is not unusual. There are cases of unorganized creation of programs which are not compatible in technical, mathematical or informational aspects. There are few tasks oriented to employment of personal computers. The level of researches in automatization is low. The main contents of automatization works for the nearest 4-5 years must be oriented to the creation of the basic automated information and calculation systems for data processing that could operate, before all, in the interests of medical units and establishments of central chain of command.