of the Irkutsk region Occupational health in the direction of the future: trends and prospects Prevention is better than hospital practice – this is the motto of the activities within the

Irkutsk region

Occupational medicine towards the future: trends and perspectives

Prevention is better than hospital practice – it is under this motto that activities take place within the framework of modern occupational medicine, which controls all parameters of the impact of the environment, workloads or even the social situation in the work collective on the health of the working population of the country. And to maintain health, it is necessary, first of all, to provide the most reliable preventive measures. That is why specialists in this field are in a continuous search for new solutions, technologies and methods that are in tune with the rapid passage of time. Specialists will discuss the formation of a system for early diagnosis of occupational and other diseases, new trends and other aspects of occupational medicine at the upcoming All-Russian Week of Occupational Safety and Health, which will be held in Sochi from April 9 to 13.

Occupational medicine towards the future: trends and perspectives

Prevention is better than hospital practice – it is under this motto that activities take place within the framework of modern occupational medicine, which controls all parameters of the impact of the environment, workloads or even the social situation in the work collective on the health of the working population of the country. And to maintain health, it is necessary, first of all, to provide the most reliable preventive measures. That is why specialists in this field are in a continuous search for new solutions, technologies and methods that are in tune with the rapid passage of time. Specialists will discuss the formation of a system for early diagnosis of occupational and other diseases, new trends and other aspects of occupational medicine at the upcoming All-Russian Week of Occupational Safety and Health, which will be held in Sochi from April 9 to 13.

Availability of information is the key to success

The head organization in charge of occupational medicine in Russia is the Research Institute of Occupational Medicine of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. Actively cooperating with the Sanitary and Epidemiological Supervision of the Russian Federation, regional centers of occupational medicine, the World Health Organization and other departments, representatives of this organization, first of all, are actively involved in the formation of an advanced system of early diagnosis. On the way to solving this problem, one of the primary links is a regular preventive examination, and, at the same time, full informing employees about when, why and what kind of diagnostic measures are necessary for their specific age and social group, as well as the specifics of labor activity.

Until the thunder strikes?

The specificity of the problem of building an effective system for the early diagnosis of various diseases lies in the fact that this process is rigidly limited by the passive and unconscious attitude of the worker to his health. The disease is often perceived by him as something inevitable, but the realization that you need to monitor your body in the same way as, for example, conduct a vehicle inspection with a certain frequency, is achieved, alas, not always and not immediately. This is especially true for citizens employed at high-risk facilities or with harmful working conditions. Meanwhile, today it is possible and necessary to detect a disease even before the appearance of its first symptoms, which means that it is possible and necessary to get the possibility of complete healing. In addition, the treatment of a disease detected in the early stages results in much more modest financial costs.

Forewarned is forearmed!

Modern diagnostics is primarily based on laboratory tests. Thanks to this method, it is possible to identify the inflammatory process in the body, hormonal disorders, lack of vitamins, confirm or cancel the diagnosis, and much more. The approximate list of standard annual examinations recommended for men and women is quite wide. And thanks to the emergence of modern wide-profile medical centers, it becomes possible to conduct a complete diagnosis of the body, as they say, on the job. This provides employees of any profile with peace of mind and confidence in the future.

Trends on the verge of fantasy

New trends and technologies that are radically changing both occupational medicine and the entire healthcare system, until recently seemed to be the invention of idle dreamers. It's no joke: in the very near future, any citizen will be able to receive advice from a qualified doctor and effective medical care, no matter how far he is from the hospital. And familiar to all smartphones and similar devices allow us to easily change our habitual lifestyle to a healthier one. So mobile gadgets and the IT sphere are closely intertwined with modern medicine, which also does not stand still and offers more and more effective and safe methods for treating diseases and subsequent rehabilitation of patients. With the help of modern electronics, diagnostics will soon be mass-produced. For example, the compact CardioQVARK heart monitor, which looks like an iPhone case, has already been effectively tested. With it, you can independently take a cardiogram, and then send it to your doctor.

Equally important is the constant tracking of steps taken, calories burned, pulse, pressure and many other parameters using special biosensors. And the state of the muscles of workers engaged in hard physical labor can be successfully monitored by “smart” clothing, which is now in demand in the community of professional athletes.Not to mention a single medical database, which gives the possibility of collecting information from all carriers, and helps doctors in the selection of the most effective methods of treatment. One example of the introduction of such technology is the Ondoc Medical Card.

In a word, a universal ideal recipe for the formation of a successful future work medicine, it seems, there is also a name to him, as it is not trite – scientific and technical progress. True, it will work effectively only in a single bundle with the care of each individual employee about his own health.