Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences spoke about the training of doctors to work with rare diseases

Today in Russia, the Orphascope digital platform with elements of artificial intelligence (AI) has been created for doctors, where online specialists can get acquainted with the symptoms of rare diseases, said a State Duma deputy, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, president of the National Research Medical Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology. Dmitry Rogachev of the Russian Ministry of Health, Alexander Rumyantsev.

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With the help of the service, doctors can find out how such diseases are treated, understand in detail the algorithms for diagnosis and care, as well as find out which specialists and centers to contact, the source explained.

In addition, special conferences and educational events are being held for regional doctors today, he added. Professional communities, including the National Association of Experts on Rare Diseases, are now engaged in training doctors in new advances in the field of molecular diagnostics, genetics and immunology.

Thanks to this, doctors begin to better recognize orphan diseases, penetrating deeply into their essence, and patients are observed locally, rather than centrally, the expert concluded.

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