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Health Care Information Technologies Innovation in Russia: Comparative Analysis and Measuring
In such a socially significant sphere as healthcare industry, innovation activity has become vital especially in such areas as automation of physician working place, creation of unified electronic medical record, distribution of intelligent decision support systems for medical solutions, application and wide dissemination of new medical technologies, telemedicine development. The intersection of medicine and ICT has led to the emergence of a new sector of economy - Health IT. The main goal of this research is to identify the most attractive directions for ICT innovations in Russian healthcare industry. The theoretical contribution and practical value of the work is based on consideration and analysis of the distinction between implementation of IT innovation in Russian, Italian and American health care system according to Triple-Helix Model. Research methodology is methods and procedures of system and comparative analysis, deduction by analogy and modelling. The paper also contains the comprehensive review and comparison the types of ICT innovations in healthcare sector, and it focuses on the main characteristics of Clinical Decision Support Systems leading representatives in Russian market.