[The advances in the health care management in the Russian Federation on the basis of the analysis of the health personnel].

Present the purpose, tasks, methods and programs of a comprehensive study of medical personnel organization and management. The activities of staff departments are proposed to be singled out as a specific service. Some findings of the study are presented, as are the results attained with the introduction into practice of a model of staff service in number of regions and the experience gained with training of specialists for personnel departments.