RFID as a technology is slowly but gradually dominating the healthcare unit. We have a notion that RFID is useful in healthcare units when it comes asset tracking. However, it is now being used to treat the patients.
From this news source, I came to know that RFID chip maker, VeriChip has developed a new system that helps hospitals and health workers to track patients information for diabetes patients on wireless RFID chips.
The company has embedded its VeriMed RFID chips in the Diabetes patients at the Diabetes Expo in Atlanta.
Scott R. Silverman, Chairman and CEO of VeriChip,
Since the inception of the VeriMed System, we always knew that the diabetic community was in need of a way to communicate their medical information better and more frequently. We will continue to focus on diabetics and to enhance our relationship further with the American Diabetes Association. The Atlanta Diabetes EXPO provides us direct access so we can continue to educate an important target audience.
The VeriMed Patient Identification System consists of an implantable RFID chip with a handheld RFID scanner and a patient database to provide medical workers instant access to health information for patients in need of emergency treat who are not able to communicate.
