Primary Healthcare: The Foundation of Public Health

Primary healthcare is the foundation of the national healthcare system, as it ensures direct interaction between medical workers and patients and the provision of medical care in the closest possible proximity to places where people live, work, and study. There are more than one billion visits to outpatient clinics each year, which means there must be guarantees for the provision of high-quality and affordable medical care in full that is not overly time consuming for patients. The effectiveness of primary healthcare has a direct impact on the system’s key indicators, including a decrease in the number of emergency hospitalizations and ambulance calls. What organizational solutions are being introduced at the regional level today to enhance the availability of primary healthcare? What role does Russia’s federal project ‘Modernization of Primary Healthcare’ play in terms of infrastructural transformations and the creation of the one-stop ‘My Health’ brand?