BACKGROUND: The present stage of modern civilization can be characterized as a political, social, economic and climatological evolution, in connection with which the issue of effective functioning of the health system, the study and analysis of the health status of the population, ensuring control and management of the processes of formation of public health is acute. This task can be implemented only within the framework of measures to monitor the health of the population. AIMS: The study is devoted to the analysis of the organizational technology for monitoring population health in the Russian Federation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The data of expert assessments of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on the Family of International Classifications of Information Coding Quality, the results of the discussion at conferences on the problems of population health monitoring were used. RESULTS: It has been shown that the organization of systemic monitoring as a method of managing public health should include the definition of a set of informative monitoring parameters with clear mechanisms for collecting and subsequent analysis. Additional parameters shall be possible if necessary. CONCLUSION: A family of international classifications should be used as a basis for monitoring, but derived classifications should be developed and used as a link between statistical and clinical classifications. It has been shown that the organization of systemic monitoring as a method of managing public health should include the definition of a set of informative monitoring parameters with clear mechanisms for collecting and subsequent analysis. Additional parameters shall be possible if necessary. A family of international classifications should be used as a basis for monitoring, but derived classifications should be developed and used as a link between statistical and clinical classifications.