On the basis of a review of the international experience and Odessa National Medical University achievements we try determining the role of the university medical science in reforming the Health Care system in Ukraine.
The analysis demonstrates that in order to effectively organize medical care in Ukraine, methodological centralization, standardization, and transition to a new system of training specialists for medical practice, aimed at the formation of professional competence, are needed.
We may conclude that the optimal organization of the medical care should be based on family centered principle. The family-centered organization under the regulation by the UK National Health Service allow to introduce scientific research data opportunely with constant monitoring of the effectiveness and safety, and should be useful in the context of the reform of Health Service in Ukraine.
It is expedient to organize regional programs of interdisciplinary cooperation (general practitioner — specialist — expert), to develop patient routes between medical institutions of different levels of MD delivery. This activity must be subordinated to the priority of prevention.