Analysis of the economic efficiency of the remote ECG consulting project in the Chelyabinsk region

• Moskvicheva Marina G.
• Olga Yu. Abramovskaya
• Vladimir V. Mylnikov
• Shchepilina Ekaterina S.

Abstract

Issues of economic efficiency and profitability are of great importance when organizing a telemedicine project. The development and implementation of projects carries certain costs. There are still no unified methods for assessing economic efficiency.

Aim – to analyze the economic efficiency of the telemedicine project of remote ECG consulting on the basis of regional hospital No. 3 in Chelyabinsk.

Material and methods. Methods of mathematical-statistical and economic analysis were used. The sources of information were official data of state statistics for the Russian Federation, statistical materials of the Territorial Body of the Federal State Statistics Service for the Chelyabinsk Region for the period from 2008 to 2020, data from the forms of state statistical reporting for 2008–2020 of the Unified Consultative and Diagnostic Center for Functional Diagnostics.

Results. The economic efficiency of the telemedicine project of remote ECG consulting is shown not only due to cost reduction, but also due to the rational redistribution of funds. Using a unified approach to assess economic efficiency will allow you to compare and analyze various projects.

Keywords:remote ECG consulting; telemedicine; economic efficiency

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