Impact Factor (2025): 6.9
DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
For this
study, we developed a QR code ID tag system to be integrated into the
healthcare system. This system provides QR code based medical ID alerts and
hospital patient ID system. A unique QR code is assigned to each member of the
medical system. These QR codes are linked to the QR Code Identity website,
which stores detailed information. A smartphone or a separate QR code scanner
can be used to scan the code. The design of this system allows authorized
individuals (e.g. paramedics, physicians, lab assistants) to access more
detailed patient information than the average smartphone user, which EMS
professionals have access to allow patients' physicians to access it to verify
the accuracy of the to improve medical treatment. The healthcare system is
hierarchical and when transferring patients from a lower level to a higher
level of healthcare, patients must carry their physical medical records with
them. A medical record contains information about the patient's medical
history, pre-existing allergies, health conditions, prescription medications
the patient is currently taking, among other things. Recording this patient
information on a health record makes it vulnerable to alteration, loss and
misinterpretation, as well as breaches of confidentiality. In this article, we
propose the application of QR (Quick Response) codes to secure and transmit
this sensitive patient information from one layer of the healthcare system to
another. Other security methods such as steganography could be used, but in
this article we propose the use of QR codes due to the high proliferation of
mobile phones in the country, their high storage capacity, flexibility, ease of
use and ability to maintain integrity.
Country : India
IRJIET, Volume 6, Issue 3, March 2022 pp. 182-185