The influence of motivation on the effectiveness of interaction of participants of the therapeutic and diagnostic process (literature review)

The level of motivation in the Health care system is an important indicator. All participants in the therapeutic and diagnostic process must have a high level of motivation to achieve the maximum level of effective interaction deserving specific attention. In this aspect, it is necessary to study the factors that influence on the motivation in workers in the Healthcare system.

The aim of the work: based on the data of Russian and foreign literature on motivation in the Healthcare system to evaluate this indicator as the index for increasing the effectiveness of interaction between participants in the therapeutic and diagnostic process.

The presented article includes the sources of literature (Russian and foreign) presented in the Scopus, Web of Science, MedLine, The Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Global Health, CyberLeninka, RSCI, etc. databases, which demonstrate the main issues concerning motivation in the healthcare system.

There are considered issues in the healthcare system, related to the motivation and some ways of solving them are proposed.

Conclusion. To elevate the effectiveness and the quality of the providing of the health care it is worth to develop the motivation of all participants in the therapeutic and diagnostic process.

Contributions of authors:
Timurzieva A.B. — concept, main idea, text writing, selection of literature and it`s translation from English to Russian, compiling a reference list or bibliography;
Abramov Yu.E. — writing the text, compiling a reference list or bibliography;
Lindenbraten A.L. — checking the compliance of the main idea with the selected literature sources, editing.
All authors are responsible for the integrity of all parts of the manuscript and approval of its final version.

Acknowledgment. The study had no sponsorship.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest. 

Received: November 29, 2022
Accepted: December 18, 2022
Published: July 06, 2023

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