MODERNIZATION OF SOCIAL PROTECTION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF TELEMEDICINE IN THE PRACTICE OF MEDICAL-SOCIAL EXPERTISE

One of the main duties of the Russian Federation is to respect and protect the rights and freedoms of its citizens. In addition, the Russian Federation as a social state the activities of which are designed to provide a decent life and a high level of social protection for all categories of the citizens, without exception, by regulating social, economic and other spheres of society provides social support to all segments of the population, paying special attention to certain categories of citizens which, due to life circumstances or health conditions, need social assistance and special support from the state. The main massif in the category of socially unprotected layers of the population are people with physical disabilities. Comprehensive support for the above category of citizens is carried out, among other things, based on the decision of the medical and social examination. However, the current situation has greatly complicated the on-site examination of disabled people and predetermined the correspondence order as the only possible mechanism for medical and social examination during the coronavirus pandemic. Thus, in fact, conditions close to emergency sent medical and social expertise to the path of telemedicine