Legal regulation of the organization of providing medical care in ophthalmology

Abstract

The article analyzes the legal regulation of the organization of medical care in ophthalmology. An increase in the life expectancy of the population leads to an increase in the number of diseases of ophthalmological profile, in connection with which diseases of the eye and its adnexa acquire significance at the state level. The current legislative framework has been studied for a set of documents of various legal force, regulating the organization of the provision of medical care to the patient and the activities of medical workers in the field of “Ophthalmology”. Currently, in the system of special legislation in the field of public health protection in the Russian Federation, a significant number of normative legal acts have been approved that regulate the activities of medical institutions in organizing the provision of medical care, many of which are universal in nature and are applied regardless of the specifics of the profile of medical care. The legal regulation of the organization of the provision of ophthalmological medical care has its own characteristics. Currently a number of standards of medical care in the field of “Ophthalmology” are not legitimate, certain standards of medical care for diseases of the eye and its accessory apparatus have lost their relevance. Clinical recommendations for the treatment of ophthalmic pathology leading to disability of the population (tumors of the eye and its accessory apparatus, angle closure and secondary glaucoma, acute vascular pathology of the retina) necessary in the practice of an ophthalmologist have not been developed. The legal foundations of medical practice in ophthalmology seem to be important and relevant for the training of ophthalmologists, ensuring uniformity of approaches to the diagnostic and treatment process throughout the Russian Federation, observing the patients’ rights while receiving ophthalmological medical care.