Medical telepatronage as a health-saving technology in the management of patients with chronic non-communicable diseases

he article reviews the definition of medical telepatronage, its tasks, functions, efficiency and perspectives of implementation into the clinical practice. The main goals of telepatronage are therapeutic and preventive measures based on the remote interaction of health care practioner with a patient. Telepatronage includes remote observation of the patient, self-monitoring of the disease and prescrtiptions, patient motivation and education on the digital Web 2.0 platform, and the creation of a remote coordination center. The authors present their own experience in remote monitoring of patients with rheumatic diseases, which is planned to be expanded to create a medical telepatronage system.