Patient Identification and the Right to Healthcare under the Compulsory Health Insurance Scheme

The identification of a patient as a subject of medical-legal relations is a mandatory condition for the implementation of the state-guaranteed program of free medical care for citizens and for the legitimacy of medical activities within the territory of the Russian Federation. Identification allows for the full realization of citizens' rights to quality care under the compulsory health insurance (CHI) system and ensures the protection of medical workers from negative legal consequences in cases of patient rights violations. The failure to provide medical care due to the inability to identify a patient entails liability for the specific employee or medical organization.