Keyword: «intermediate institute»

This article examines the institutional aspects of the system of providing medical care to the population of Russia in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: their features and ongoing changes. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of changes in the legislative base of the industry. The author comes to the conclusion that the legal regulation of the medical sphere caused by the fight against the new coronavirus infection is in the state of an intermediate institution. Changing the institution of law requires special attention of the legislature in connection with the emerging risks and costs of transformation. The author also draws attention to the peculiarities of information support in the medical sphere and the problem of information asymmetry, which impedes an effective fight against the pandemic due to the population's distrust of government authorities and the medical community. At the same time, the article discusses the achievements in terms of the logistics of the industry and the digitalization of the healthcare system. According to the author, this issue is acutely relevant from the point of view of determining the further vector of reforming the medical sphere, as well as the socio-economic development of the country.