Method for calculating the amount of equipment for polyclinics on the example of ECG Holter monitors

   The article proposes a method for calculating the required amount of equipment that allows an organization to correctly purchase a sufficient number of Holter ECG monitoring devices for functional diagnostics departments in order to meet the standards of medical care for patients with cardiac pathology in an outpatient setting. The method takes into account the volume of diagnostic studies performed and compares their number with the requirements of the standards. Holter ECG monitors are considered to be essential material expenditures of medical institutions to maintain proper medical and diagnostic process at the proper level. The functional features of the medical information system at the regional level in the Russian Federation are highlighted. Emphasis is placed on Holter monitoring of the electrocardiogram as one of methods for examining patients with cardiac pathology in relation to the standards of medical care for specific diseases.The essence and significance of the standards of medical care for the healthcare system in general and for the cardiological service, in particular, have been revealed. The article is intended for healthcare organizers and heads of structural divisions, services and departments of functional diagnostics.

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