Medical and social expertise. Main Bureau of Medical and Social Expertise

Medico-social expertise is quite important, as it is called upon to solve serious problems. Before sending it to a person there is a large number of preparatory activities.

On examination

This is an important process. It is held in a special bureau of medical and social expertise. There are experienced doctors-specialists who have been trained accordingly. Based on established and well-founded diagnoses, they have the opportunity and the right to establish the degree of impairment in any patient.

What tasks does expertise solve?

Medico-social examination is a serious and very important for every person to whom it is shown, an event. The matter is that thanks to its carrying out it is possible to solve set of social questions. Among the main tasks that are determined by the institutions of medical and social expertise are the following:

• Establishment of a disability group;
• Preparation of individual rehabilitation programs ;
• Evaluation of the effectiveness of the rehabilitation and other measures to improve the quality of life of disabled people;
• Determination of the degree of loss of health relative to the prospects for professional capacity for work;
• The identification of the needs of the disabled in certain technical means;
• The establishment of the presence or absence of a causal relationship between the lethal outcome and the performance of professional duties;
• Keeping statistical records and monitoring the dynamics of the number of disabled people in the country;
• Participation in the formation of integrated programs.

Establishment of the disability group

This is the main task in the activity of any bureau of medical and social expertise. Before sending here a person goes a long way. First of all, he should have a disabling disease. However, the fact of its presence should be established not by ordinary treating doctors in the polyclinic, but by high-level specialists working in specialized medical centers. After all the advisory opinions from the necessary doctors are received, a person will have to collect a whole package of documents. At the same time, it is especially extensive if it concerns a able-bodied person (for men - up to 60 years, for women - up to 55 years). In addition, a rehabilitation program should be prepared for a person. Ideally, he needs to go through it in full.

After that, the specialist in medical and social rehabilitation from the polyclinic, along with the treating doctor, compiles the messenger sheet and sends the entire set of documents to a specialized bureau. In some cases, it is necessary to send the patient to the main bureau of medical and social expertise. There, specialists carefully study all the documents submitted and on their basis establish a particular group of disabilities, if, of course, the severity of the diseases allows it. In this case, disability can be established for the rest of your life, and up to a certain date. As you approach it, the person will have to collect the entire package of documents and contact the clinic to arrange the messenger sheet.

Sometimes patients remain dissatisfied with the decision of specialists. In this case, they have the right to apply to a higher level. Then their business will be handled by the federal medical and social expertise.

About rehabilitation activities

One of the most important tasks performed by medical and social expertise is the control over the passage of rehabilitation measures. The fact is that a full-fledged rehabilitation in some cases can reduce the limitations of life and return a person's ability to work and normal social activity.

On providing additional funds

In the event that a person is diagnosed with a disability, the medical and social expertise can decide the question of how much he needs some technical means. The decision to issue certain relatively simple devices is taken at any level. If a person claims a special vehicle, then this question is most often dealt with by the main bureau of medical and social expertise.

About occupational diseases

Sometimes due to the fulfillment of their professional or official obligations, a person develops a disease. If its severity imposes certain restrictions on life, then in this case the patient has the right to apply for medical and social expertise to resolve the issue of recognizing his professional illness. This process is quite complex and painstaking, so do not wait for an operational solution. In the event that the medical and social expertise recognizes the presence of occupational disease, a person may be given certain payments that the former employer will be obligated to provide.

Statistical control

One of the tasks of specialists in medical and social expertise is to maintain records of disability of the population. Such statistics provide a full picture of what exactly causes patients with disabling diseases. All the information from the places is collected by the main medical and social expertise, and then passes the already processed data to the higher authorities. There may be decisions that can affect the number of cases of such ailments.

Comprehensive Programs

In order to solve any serious problem, a single project is usually not enough. It is necessary to launch a comprehensive program. The most important stage of this activity is the development of a detailed action plan. In this most directly involved and experts in medical and social expertise. Their competence includes programs relating to modernization in the areas of rehabilitation, protection of the rights of persons with disabilities, as well as the rules for carrying out MEDN.

Advisory services

In addition to their direct professional assistance, experts in medical and social expertise often provide advice to doctors of various medical and preventive institutions. As for polyclinics, the staff of their staff includes the deputy chief physician for the Ministry of Health and Social Development. He maintains contacts with local and federal bureaus so that the examination is consistent with all established rules.