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The Association for the Development of Medical Information Technologies (ARMIT) (Ассоциация Развития Медицинских Информационных Технологий) is a non-profit organization that summarizes the experience of the members of the Association and coordinates their activities in the market of medical information technologies (MIT).

History
The Association was established in 2001 with the aim of assisting its members in promoting their products to the market, in the development, standardization, information and hardware compatibility, operation of MIT, protecting the rights and interests of the Association members, supporting domestic manufacturers, to help medical institutions in matters of choice, acquisition, maintenance and use of medical computer systems and protection of users from unscrupulous developers and suppliers of MIT.

Today the association includes more than 60 organizations. These are leading developers of medical information systems, large medical centers.

Main activities

 * Participation in the preparation of state health informatization programs.
 * Participation of ARMIT members in the Expert Council of the Ministry of Health of Russia on the use of information and communication technologies in the healthcare system
 * Creation of a constantly updated public data bank and publication of the annual catalog "Medical Information Technologies", which includes information about 200 Russian development companies and more than 600 medical computer systems created by them
 * Creation and maintenance of the Association's website with systematized information on all aspects of the creation and use of MIT: exhibitions, conferences, seminars
 * Thematic reviews; analytics; periodicals and books on MIT; software certification
 * Creation of a single health information space
 * Regulations for developers and users of MIT
 * Information on the organization and holding of tenders, competitions, etc.; standardization and information compatibility; universities that have specialties related to MIT; scientific activity in the field of MIT, etc
 * Assistance to members of the Association in establishing relations with state authorities and interested organizations, in legal matters, in matters of intellectual property valuation

Additional activity
The organization is engaged in regular ARMIT newsletters on all aspects of digital health development. It is also engaged in the preparation of analytical and information materials, conducting surveys on the most pressing problems of healthcare informatization. From 2005 to 2020, the organization was engaged in holding the annual International Forum "MedSoft" the largest Russian exhibition and conference on digital healthcare.

The organization is also involved in holding specialized conferences and symposiums on the most pressing issues of digital healthcare MedSoft-Forum, MedSoft-Expert, MedSoft-Science. Also engaged in work on information interoperability, standardization and integration of medical computer systems.

Also, the development of the System of voluntary certification of software used in healthcare, as well as testing methods, methodological materials for organizing the certification process.

Informing and consulting medical organizations and authorities about modern developments in the field of digital healthcare, about the best methods for their use; creation of the Information Technology Committee of the National Medical Chamber. As well as assistance to members of the Association in establishing relations with government authorities and interested organizations, in legal matters, in matters of intellectual property valuation.

The international cooperation
Organization of International Symposiums "MedSoft - e-Health" IT in healthcare of foreign countries :


 * Croatia (2005)
 * France (2006)
 * Netherlands and Germany (2007)
 * Scandinavia (2008)
 * Southeast Asia: Malaysia, Bali, Singapore (2009)
 * Dubai (2009)
 * Hong Kong and China (2011)
 * Brazil and Argentina (2011)
 * India and Nepal (2012)
 * Switzerland and France (2013)
 * Mexico (2013)
 * Japan (2014)
 * Scandinavia: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Estonia (2015)
 * Sri Lanka (2016)
 * China (2018)

Management
The Association is headed by Mikhail Eljanov: Candidate of Technical Sciences with a degree in Management in Medical and Biological Systems, graduate of MIEM (Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics), awarded with two medals of the All-Russian Exhibition Center, author of more than 80 printed works, as well as the annual catalog "Medical Information Technologies", which includes information about medical computer systems, databases, Internet resources, publications on the subject of the catalog, about developer companies from Russia and the CIS countries.

Head of the working group of the Expert Council of the Ministry of Health of Russia on the use of information and communication technologies in the healthcare system; head of the section "Use of ICT in the system of health care and social protection of the population" of the expert advisory group of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for the development of the information society in the Russian Federation (2008-2011); Chairman of the Committee of the National Medical Chamber on Information Technologies.

Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the annual MedSoft International Forum, the largest Russian exhibition and conference on digital healthcare; organizer of the annual international symposia "MedSoft - e-Health" IT in the healthcare of foreign countries.