On 8 February 2018, the Department of Information Control Systems of Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, together with the Department of Philosophy of Kharkiv National Medical University, held a scientific and practical seminar “Information Systems and Technologies in Medicine. Bioethical Aspects”.
Researchers in the fields of medicine and information technology were brought together by questions of implementing information systems and technologies in Ukraine’s healthcare system. Mykola Havrylovych Shcherban, Deputy Vice-Rector for Research at Kharkiv National Medical University, gave a welcome address to representatives of the scientific community. The speakers were scientists and postgraduates, researchers and lecturers from NURE and KhNMU. In their presentations, they discussed the latest scientific developments in the field of medical information systems and technologies, as well as the fundamental bioethical principles that must be taken into account when introducing the achievements of scientific and technological progress into medical practice. Particular attention was paid to key issues in the development of e-health and the Internet of Things.
The seminar participants discussed approaches to developing innovative medical information systems and technologies, international experience and the prospects for their use in Ukraine. A lively discussion was supported by Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Prof. A.P. Alekseenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Prof. O.V. Vysotska, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Prof. M.V. Yevlanov, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Assoc. Prof. N.V. Vasyltsova, and V.V. Deineka. Young scientists also took an active part in the seminar.
Great interest was generated by discussions of the dissertation results of S.V. Yakubovska, N.N. Drobova and L.M. Rysovana, who propose solutions to complex, pressing medical problems using advanced information technologies and mathematical methods. These presentations impressed the audience with the objectivity and depth of their problem analysis, scientific rigour and the practical value of their results.
The seminar’s key scientific message was that overcoming negative trends in the country’s healthcare system is impossible without close cooperation between users and developers of modern, high-tech medical information systems.
