MOSCOW, Apr 21 Russian students from the State University of Management develop a bracelet with a QR code , which doctors can scan and quickly find out the information about human health encrypted in it; the test version is planned to be released by the spring of 2024, the press service of the National Technology Initiative (NTI) platform said.
«Students of the State University of Management proposed to put the main medical information about a person in a QR code, so that in case of an emergency, doctors can quickly find out if the patient has contraindications. A special bracelet with a QR code was developed as part of the federal project «University Technological Entrepreneurship Platform», — the message says.
As project leader Igor Elistratov said, options for integrating the invention with the Unified Medical Information and Analytical System (EMIAS) and Gosuslugi are being considered. Now the team is working on a business plan, and by the spring of 2024, they plan to present the MVP (Minimal Viable Product, minimum viable product) of the bracelet and test it on a focus group.
It is assumed that the QR code will be available for scanning only by doctors from their working devices. When scanning, they will have access to data on the patient's age, contraindications to the use of drugs, dosage restrictions, antibiotic resistance and the presence of diseases. According to the developers, the bracelet could be useful for the elderly, extreme tourists and people with serious illnesses.
«Such initiatives have already been voiced before, and, on the one hand, this is really interesting, and, perhaps, in a certain way will simplify quick diagnostics in case a person has lost consciousness. But the question arises if the QR code is encrypted and can be counting from a device that only doctors have, then it will be necessary to equip all ambulances with such devices,» said Petr Kshnyakin, deputy head of the PMP laboratory of the NTI Competence Center «Bionic Engineering in Medicine».