"LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE USE OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE MEDICAL FIELD DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC"

Abstract

Since the introduction of information and telecommunication technologies into the health sector, the demand for medical services has been increasing, and the health system has been developing. In our country and around the world, in early 2020, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease COVID-19 began to spread and the normal life of the whole world came to a standstill. The COVID-19 pandemic has created the need for people around the world to change their usual lifestyle, in particular, self-isolation, staying at home, reducing human activity, including minimizing contact with people. With the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the whole world has realized how necessary it is to develop telemedicine services. In this article, we will study the practice of telemedicine and telemedicine services in the period of the COVID-19 pandemic and what laws are regulated by the states, as well as the digitalization in the health sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pros and cons of the process of the COVID-19 pandemic, licensing, and its structure process, statistical data provided by the World Health Organization, payment of fees to doctors for these services, procedures of patients using telemedicine services, and directions of telemedicine services are considered in detail.