Moscow Has ‘Digitized’ Patients for Their Own Benefit
Moscow has fully deployed a digital inpatient‑care control system that tracks every stage of treatment through QR‑coded patient bracelets
A Citywide Digital Overhaul of Hospital Care
Moscow has completed the rollout of a QR‑bracelet–based digital monitoring system across all inpatient hospitals. Upon admission, every patient receives a personal bracelet containing a unique QR code. Medical staff scan it during any procedure — from drawing blood to complex operations — and the information is instantly recorded in the Unified Medical Information and Analytical System (EMIAS).
Efficiency Through Automation
The approach eliminates the need for doctors and nurses to manually fill out paper forms or search for treatment data. The entire diagnostic and therapeutic journey becomes visible at a glance, enabling specialists to make faster and more informed decisions.
Previously, similar systems operated only in select medical centers, but it has now become a standard across all municipal hospitals.
A Decade‑Long Transformation of Urban Healthcare
This large‑scale shift to digital treatment oversight is part of a broader transformation of Moscow’s healthcare system, ongoing for more than a decade. The unified city platform provides end‑to‑end digital patient management — from diagnostics to long‑term follow‑up — with data stored securely and accessible both to physicians and patients online.
The result is a more efficient, transparent, and patient‑centered healthcare ecosystem, supported by technological tools that reduce administrative burden and accelerate care delivery.
