At Novosibirsk State Technical University (NETI) is creating a "Regional register of chronic Heart Failure" for the Novosibirsk Regional Clinical Cardiology Dispensary (NRCCD). The development has a high social significance for the Novosibirsk region, since its implementation will expand the possibilities of targeted medical care for patients.
According to statistics, cardiovascular diseases have been the main cause of death in many countries of the world for a long time. Moreover, such a disease as chronic heart failure (CHF) has become younger. The peculiarity of CHF is that it requires careful monitoring of patients: it is important not to lose sight of any such patient and monitor the indicators of his condition. In order to prolong life and improve its quality for people with this disease, NSTU-NETI is creating a system that will allow recording the data of each patient with CHF and recording changes in his condition. The development is being carried out by students of the Faculty of Automation and Computer Engineering Kirill Elert, Andrey Belov, Miron Ryasnoy, Kirill Kazantsev under the guidance of Associate Professor of the Department of Computer Engineering of NSTU-NETI Irina Yakovina and Anatoly Fedrak, a graduate of the Department of VT 2021, the project consultant is Oksana Dunicheva, chief physician of the NOC.
"It is necessary to constantly monitor patients with CHF in order to timely introduce the drugs they need into therapy so that the doses of drugs are correctly selected. The presence of such a system will simplify life for a doctor, and it will allow managers in the healthcare sector to plan drug stocks for certain drugs, and most importantly, it will prolong people's lives," said Irina Yakovina, Associate professor of the Department of Computer Engineering at NSTU-NETI.
According to her, the system being developed is based on an organizational scheme, in which three levels are distinguished: a doctor, an office of the CHF registry and the head of the registry. The structure of the patient's chart takes into account clinical recommendations and a minimum set of data for a short-term prognosis of the patient's condition. They will be analyzed by the intelligent core of the system and will allow to form a dynamic image of the patient's condition. It will display integral characteristics by data groups: complaints, ECG, ultrasound, laboratory results and prescribed treatment. The system is planned to be implemented in specialized offices of the monitoring service for patients with chronic heart failure.
The uniqueness of the system being created lies in the module of intellectual support for monitoring the patient's condition and informing the doctor about the changing degree of risk.
"The modules of the system will be implemented gradually. At the moment, we are preparing for the implementation of the first module designed for the initial registration of patients. In parallel, students and postgraduates are engaged in research tasks for the core of the system. Next year, it is planned to introduce a dynamic monitoring module," Irina Yakovina added.