Unified Healthcare: Russian IT Companies to Link Clinics and Patient Data
Russian developers of healthcare IT solutions plan to create a joint company that will connect clinics, medical services and patient data into a single digital care pathway. The new project is intended to simplify physicians’ work and make the patient journey from appointment scheduling through follow-up care more seamless.
Russia is moving to create a unified digital platform for private healthcare. Major MedTech companies Medscan and Netrika Medicine plan to launch a joint company by the end of 2026 to connect clinics, services and medical data without requiring market participants to abandon the information systems they already use. The project’s core idea is to connect existing digital systems and enable them to work together. If the model succeeds, patients will be able to move more easily between clinics and services, while physicians will have more convenient access to a fuller picture of a patient’s care.
A memorandum on strategic partnership was signed at the Eastern Economic Forum by Stanislav Blagin, Medscan’s Deputy CEO for Strategy and Investment, and Nikita Dementyev, CEO of ElNetMed.
Digital Care Pathway
The new structure will combine Medscan’s clinical expertise and healthcare infrastructure with Netrika Medicine’s capabilities in information-system integration and medical-data exchange. The partnership could be particularly productive because Medscan operates 70 medical centers, while about 10,000 clinics across Russia are connected to Netrika Medicine’s solutions. Over a year of joint work, the companies conducted more than 100 pilot projects and confirmed the viability of the business model.
Partner clinics will be able to retain their independence, brands and existing information systems while gaining access to technologies, analytics tools and solutions designed to improve efficiency. Medical data will be used only with the patient’s consent.
Why It Matters
According to Stanislav Blagin, Medscan’s Deputy CEO, the private healthcare market is currently not sufficiently consolidated. Moving toward a unified system would allow existing infrastructure to be used more efficiently and help establish common standards for the accessibility and quality of care.
Today, patients often have to carry their test results from one clinic to another, physicians lack a complete picture of their medical history, and clinics operate in isolated systems. For example, a patient who had an ultrasound at one clinic may be asked to repeat the exam at another. The new platform is designed to bring these fragmented records together and make the care process continuous.
Less Time, Lower Costs
The benefits for patients are straightforward. Instead of having to recount their medical history each time, patients will be able to give physicians access to their complete digital record. Clinician appointments, test results, prescriptions and post-treatment follow-up will all be stored in one place. That means less paperwork and fewer repeat tests, leaving more time for actual care.
For clinics, collecting patient histories will also become easier. Clinics gain access to technology and analytics. Rather than purchasing and implementing complex IT systems on their own, they can connect to a ready-to-use platform. This should reduce costs and accelerate healthcare digitalization.
From Idea to Platform
Medscan and Netrika Medicine already have a history of collaboration. In 2025, the companies announced a strategic partnership and plans to create a healthcare IT platform at the Eastern Economic Forum. At the time, the plans included a patient portal, intelligent appointment scheduling, telemedicine, artificial intelligence and connections among different participants in the healthcare market.
The next step is to establish a separate company. The partners plan to focus particular attention on regions, including Russia’s Far East. Digital integration is especially important for regional healthcare because it can bring common technology solutions to areas where medical infrastructure may be spread across large distances.
A Russian Platform With Export Potential
The technology also has international potential. Healthcare systems in many countries face the same challenge: patient data are held in separate information environments, while clinics use systems from different vendors.
That makes the experience of building a platform capable of connecting disparate healthcare systems without requiring a complete overhaul of existing infrastructure potentially transferable to other markets. Netrika Medicine already has international experience, having supplied healthcare digitalization solutions to Belarus.
