Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is inviting chronically ill policyholders to participate in a two-year trial to test implanted RFID tags.
By Mary Catherine O'Connor
July 17, 2006—Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, is initiating a two-year clinical trial to test the use of an implantable RFID tag, the VeriChip, to access the medical records of chronically ill patients. If a patient participating in the trial is admitted to the emergency room at New Jersey’s Hackensack Medical Center, staff there will use a handheld reader (interrogator) to read the tag’s 16-digit ID and call up the patient’s medical files in a database.
The tags, readers and database comprise the VeriMed system marketed by VeriChip Corp., based in Delray Beach, Fla. The system is designed to ensure that health-care workers access important health records, such as preexisting conditions or drug allergies, even if the patient cannot communicate his or her name or other important details. The insurance company is holding the trial to see if VeriMed works—and if it can reduce costs associated with misdiagnoses, drug reactions and duplicated or unnecessary medical tests.
Horizon is inviting 600 of its chronically ill policyholders to participate in the trial, and hopes 280 will actually enroll. Horizon will cover the $200 fee that individuals must pay to have the tag implanted, as well as the $80 monthly subscription. Typically, the service changes $20 per month for patients to record just their name, family and physician contact info, and a list of allergies and directives regarding organ donations and resuscitation. The monthly cost is $80 per month for those who record preexisting medical conditions, information about prior surgeries and pharmaceutical information.
If the trial proves successful in reducing costs and improving the medical care patients receive at Hackensack, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey might offer coverage of the implant and VeriMed service for its chronically ill policyholders on a permanent basis, says Tom Rubino, Horizon’s director of public affairs. The firm insures patients at almost every hospital in New Jersey, he explains. At present, seven New Jersey hospitals—Beth Israel, Clara Maass, Columbus, Hackensack, Kimball, Newark, Ocean and PBI Regional—are all equipped to read the tags and access the VeriMed database.
“The way we see it,” Rubino says, “[VeriMed] might save Horizon costs because it could help doctors avoid drug interactions or wrong diagnoses that lead to longer hospital stays. People who have chronic diseases might not be able to communicate their medical history [while being admitted].”
The policyholders Horizon is asking to participate in the trial suffer from such diseases as diabetes, epilepsy and heart disease. Those who wish to have the VeriChip removed once the trial is complete will be able to do so. Participants will also be allowed to review and approve medical data associated with their VeriChip ID in the VeriMed database, which will include information about their medical condition and history, as well as lab test data and pharmaceutical information maintained by Horizon. While communication between the VeriChip and interrogator is not protected by data encryption, a password or other security methods, users do need a password, unique for each tag ID, to access the VeriMed database via the Internet and retrieve patient information.
VeriChip Corp.’s implantable tag is roughly the size of a grain of rice. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the tag for human use in 2004. The passive transponders transmit their IDs by means of a 134 kHz signal, and can be read up to 6 inches from a patient’s upper arm, where the tag is inserted.
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The VeriMed- VeriChip System: Drug-delivery systems; Lab-0n-a-chip; DNA chip
http://www.cybertim
Medchip : 11mm x 1mm....16 digits .....134.2 KHz
This webpage : VeriMed , applications of VeriChip ID into
full disclosure, all-inclusive Databases in Owings, Maryland and Riverside, California;
http://www.4verichi
also included : Drug-delivery systems; Lab-0n-a-chip; DNA chip
From the Newswire:
MicroSoft develops Global health care network software -- July 28, 2006 Azyxxi
It may be a small deal for Microsoft, but the company has larger ambitions in the growing market for health care information technology. Hospitals, doctors and policy makers worldwide have high hopes for saving money and improving the quality of care by moving health care into the digital age and handling patient records and tracking treatments electronically. "This represents a change in our strategy," said Peter Neupert, Microsoft's vice president for health strategy. "This is the start for Microsoft. We're just getting started."
The need to quickly collect, sort and display health information from many sources, analysts say, is a vital requirement in developing regional and national health information networks - a policy goal in the United States and dozens of other countries
From 2003 to 2005, Neupert served on President George W. Bush's Information Technology Advisory Committee, and he was co-chairman of a health technology panel that published a report called "Revolutionizing Health Care Through Information Technology
The software system Microsoft is buying is called Azyxxi (pronounced ah-zik-see). It is designed to retrieve and quickly display patient information from many sources, including scanned written documents, and images like X- rays, MRIs, angiograms and ultrasound
http://www.iht.
First time verichip-verimed is used in the Emergency Room --July 27, 2006
Hackensack's emergency room medical staff had immediate, secure access to Sgt. William Koretsky's identity and medical history after scanning his VeriChip microchip and linking it with the officer's patient information file stored on VeriChip Corporation'
http://www.morerfid
http://www.wesh.
No real privacy with subdermal chip -- June 4, 2006
Dr. John Halamka desires mentally disabled to be chipped
"Any authorized health care worker can visit a secure web site hosted by the chip manufacturer and retrieve information about his identity, and that of his primary care physician, who could provide medical history details."
"For patients with Alzheimer's disease who wander away from home, an identifier that enables caregivers to identify non-verbal or confused patients and determine their health care preferences could be very desirable," he says.
There are significant ethical questions about inserting chips in patients incapable of proving informed consent.
"It is clear there are philosophical consequences to having a lifelong implanted identifier. Friends and associates have commented that I am now 'marked' and lost my anonymity. Several colleagues find the notice of a device implanted under the skins to be dehumanizing.
http://www.technolo
IBM and Verichip
VeriMed(TM), is now a component of the Hospital demonstration area of the IBM Solutions Experience Lab located in Austin, Texas.
The IBM Solutions Experience Lab conducts approximately 260 tours annually for corporations and government agencies wishing to see demonstrations of functional, integrated hardware and software solutions for specific market sectors. The Hospital area demonstrates currently available technologies compatible with IBM healthcare solutions that provide integrated, state-of-the-
The Hospital demonstration area illustrates the potential of VeriMed to enhance the IBM Aligned Clinical Environment Solution. This is an integrated solution designed to connect disparate healthcare information sources while also reducing costs. The solution enables data collection and manages integration and analysis of patient information
http://www.amex.
97 facilities have the VeriMed System ( VeriChip - database ) -- April 24, 2006
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2006--VeriChip Corporation, a subsidiary of Applied Digital (NASDAQ: ADSX), announced today that 13 additional healthcare facilities have agreed to implement the VeriMed(TM) System for Patient Identification. The new hospitals bring the total healthcare facilities that have agreed to implement the System to 97. Many of the new hospital signed up after attending the Emergency Medicine Spring Conference in Las Vegas, sponsored by the American College of Emergency Physicians' (ACEP) Scientific Assembly, held from April 19 to April 21st
http://home.
Stanford Hospital uses VeriChip's Assetrac System -- March 31, 2006
VeriChip Corp.said Thursday it has signed a contract to use its Assetrac System for the location and tracking of patient transport equipment within the 613-bed facility of Stanford Hospital and Clinics.
Assetrac will provide a combination of real-time and zone-based location of approximately 800 pieces of equipment anywhere in the Palo Alto hospital, using Radio Frequency Indentification tags, receivers and software. Installation is scheduled for April
http://phoenix.
AsseTrac System from VeriChip
http://www.verichip
RFID HealthCare -- April 17, 2006
http://www.expressh
116 digits on VeriMed tag in arm -- March 22, 2006
"Those 116 digits are then entered into a secure Web site where his medical history is stored "
Privacy advocates fear that if retailers use the same device they could read and modify the message, storing information about your purchases and learn your medical history.
http://www.nbc10.
What's nobody's business is everybodys -- Lady Liberty ( a must read )-- March 20, 2006
Good summary; lots of good internal links
[ Verichip] "Great idea, right? But there are more problems. As of the end of last year, only 68 hospitals could read such chips. The chances of your chip being read at the closest hospital to you when you need one isn't high. But now you've got a potentially hackable, clonable, reprogrammable chip embedded in you that, whether your local hospital can read it or not, most certainly can be read by the right kind of electronics.
Of course, you're probably not all that concerned that a medical reference number be read by unauthorized personnel. After all, what are they going to do with it? Medical records are private, aren't they? Well, that depends on your definition of privacy."
http://www.entersta
Wireless Medical monitoring --- March 19, 2006
http://www.twinciti
Implantable transceiver chip for REMOTE medical management -- March 2006
Looking to remote medical management, Zarlink Semiconductor has introduced a transceiver chip for wireless communications systems that link implanted medical devices and base stations together
The ZL70100 ultra low-power chip meets the medical implantation communications service (MICS) standard set by the Federal Communications Commission and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute
http://www.reed-
68 Hospitals now have the VeriChip - VeriMed System -- Dec. 1, 2005
Mostly on the East Coast and Arrowhead on the West Coast
VeriChip Corporation, a subsidiary of Applied Digital (NASDAQ: ADSX), a leading provider of identification and security technology, announced today that 68 medical facilities, including 65 hospitals, have now agreed to implement the VeriMed(TM) System for Patient Identification. During the month of November, three additional hospitals agreed to adopt the System. Three additional healthcare organizations have recently agreed to adopt the System:
one research center, one specialized care center, and one nursing home.
http://home.
DoD military's AHLTA for electronic medical records -- Nov. 25, 2005
"This is not just an electronic health record that's built around one hospital, or even a local community of hospitals. It moves information globally," said Dr. William Winkenwerder Jr., assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, who attended the event held at the National Naval Medical Center [ Bethesda ]
The system is called AHLTA, and it operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Winken-werder said, noting all medical data is secured and accessed only by authorized personnel. AHLTA -- not an acronym, he said -- is the system's name
http://www.dcmilita
If the System can connect globally over medical data, how long before financial data ??
How long before the chip replaces the dog-tags ??
Internal VeriChip; External Surgichip -- Nov. 22, 2005
Ed : made to look comparable, but vastly different
VeriChip’s VeriMed Patient Identification product received FDA approval as a Class II Medical Device one year ago. VeriMed is a tiny RFID implant chip about the size of a rice grain that is injected in a person’s tricep area. The chip contains a unique identification number that serves as a pointer to relevant medical information held in an external database. If the patient is unconscious but implanted with such a device, a medical worker only has to wave the reader over their arm to get clues to their condition, Silverman says.
Surgichip: "Once this information is verified to be correct, the chip is placed on the incision’s site [ Ed externally] . The site is marked by a medical marker before the patient is wheeled into the operating room. The surgeon uses an RFID reader, during a ‘timeout’ session before the knife hits the skin, to triple-check that the right patient is undergoing the operation.
http://www.cr80news
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center -- Nov. 22, 2005
COLTON, California— Soon the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center may be recruiting some patients to carry their medical history with them at all times — in a tiny microchip embedded under the skin.
The Board of Supervisors will vote today [ Ed. Tuesday Nov. 22 ] on whether to approve a pilot program at the hospital in which at least 50 volunteers will have a microchip inserted into their upper right arm.
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center will be teaming up with VeriChip Corporation for the four-month program, according to the Board's staff report.
The company has established an infrastructure of scanners across the country.
http://www.vvdailyp
Applied MEMS ... medgadget
VeriChip : better than a key fob ? -- Nov. 21, 2005 ( until your read Rev. 14:9-11 )
Then again, given the frequency that people lose their keys, maybe the VeriChip implant is the way to go. The article pointed out that sixty Americans now have the chip -- looks like others could use some encouragement.
http://www.medgadge
http://www.medgadge
VeriChip VIDEO http://wusatv9.
Senate passes bill: patients must have access token for EMRs.... VeriMed System --- 11- 05
Ed : this paves the way for VeriChip to be used by all to access Electronic Medical Records
http://www.allheadl
Physician wire thyself ( rationalizations for EMR )
The Practical Futurist
http://msnbc.
http://msnbc.
911 dispatchers, paramedics to have access to med records -- Nov. 8, 2005
http://www.news14ch
Digitized drug labels for Online access "DailyMed"-- Nov. 4, 2005
(FDA) today began requiring drug manufacturers to submit prescription drug label information to FDA in a new electronic format. This electronic format [ Ed : Digital ] will allow healthcare providers and the general public to more easily access the product information found in the FDA-approved package inserts ("labels") for all approved medicines in the United States.
These new electronic product labels will be the key element and primary source of medication information for "DailyMed" -- a new interagency online health information clearinghouse that will provide the most up-to-date medication information free to consumers, healthcare providers and healthcare information providers.
This information can be accessed through the National Library of Medicine at
http://dailymed.
In the future, this new product information will also be provided through
facts@...,
a comprehensive internet resource designed to give one-stop access for information about all FDA-regulated products.
http://www.rxpgnews
IBM Austin, TX and the VeriMed System -- Nov. 1, 2005
Growing acceptance of the VeriMed system in the medical and scientific communities. VeriMed(TM) is now a component of the Hospital demonstration area of the IBM Solutions Experience Lab located in Austin, Texas. The IBM Solutions Experience Lab conducts approximately 260 tours annually for corporations and government agencies wishing to see demonstrations of functional, integrated hardware and software solutions for specific market sectors.
http://home.
WebMD showcases VeriChip ... Daniel DeNoon
When we first announced VeriChip, a network poll asked people if they would put one in their bodies," Silverman tells WebMD. "Only 9% said yes. After FDA approval, 19% said yes. When former HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson joined our board, the rate went up to 33%. But our own study shows that if you ask people whether they would have a VeriChip implant to identify their medical records in case of an emergency, the positive response goes to 80%
But soon he expects that millions of people will get VeriChip implants every year.
http://my.webmd.
The idea of putting something in your head or in your arm frightens people and stirs up privacy worries, even if they don't make a lot of sense," he says. "Americans have an almost obsessive drive to protect their personal privacy."
Halamka, however, is already dreaming about future upgrades.
"If a chip could also serve as a GPS, reporting my location, or act as an emergency transponder
[ Ed: monitoring bio-data 24 / 7 ] , requesting rescue, I would definitely upgrade," he says
http://my.webmd.
The New HealthCare System
Skeptics will dismiss Silverman’s optimistic business forecast as greatly exaggerated, and those with a natural distrust of polls will question the validity of the data. But putting that aside for a moment, consider the fact that Applied Digital is positioning itself to get some major help — from the federal government
If this socialist healthcare scheme is allowed to pass, and Applied Digital succeeds in partnering with government, then Americans will be seduced into accepting a “seamless” nationalized healthcare system. But those who participate will also end up with a medical ID implant that will undoubtedly morph into a mandatory national ID.
http://www.thenewam
Internal and External rfid Medical devices -- Oct. 19, 2005
In 2004, the FDA authorized marketing of two different types of medical devices that incorporate RFID. The first type is the SurgiChip tag, an external surgical marker that is intended to minimize the likelihood of wrong-site, wrong-procedure and wrong-patient surgeries.
Verichip and EMR / EHR
The second type of RFID medical device is the implantable [Ed: internal ] radiofrequency transponder system for patient identification and health information. One example of this type of medical device is the VeriChip Health Information Microtransponder System, which includes a passive implanted transponder, inserter and scanner. The chip stores a unique electronic identification code that can be used to access patient identification and corresponding health information in a database. The chip itself does not store health information or a patient's name.
RFID is considered by some to be dangerous because it can be used for undesirable surveillance.
http://wistechnolog
Austco-USA : MediCom and Call Guard --June 2005
Austco is now pleased to further announce the start of its US operations under the name
“Austco Marketing & Service (USA)” (Austco-USA) as a new division of
Austco Communication Systems Pty Ltd.
The establishment of Austco-USA is based on the same approach used very successfully by
Austco in Asia, Canada, the Middle East and the UK
REDy Corp.
the most recently being a 140 bed installation at the Renaissance Hospital in Dallas, Texas with a full Ethernet networked system, visit http://www.atintegr
Austco is a world leader in the highly specialized field of electronic communications for the health care and
secured accommodation environments [ Ed : jails, prisons etc.] . With the international head office located in
Perth, Western Australia and its North American head office located in Richmond Hill, Ontario http://www.austco.
AUSTCO - CellGuard ( prisons etc. )
Designed specifically for the harsh environment of prisons, police lock-ups, remand and detention centres, ect., CellGuard provides tamper proof emergency call and intercommunication integrated with surveillance, monitoring, logging and printing of records in accordance with statuatory "duty of care" requirements
Each 'Local Control' is configured to operate via optic fibre to 'Central' and controls cell and door access intercoms in its cell block
Covert [ Ed : hidden] monitoring to all cells.
http://www.austco.
One drop, six seconds = results from your blood test-- Aug. 30, 2005
National Taiwan University showed off its latest application for a worldwide patent on Monday: a multi-function blood-testing device. The instrument requires only one drop of blood, and can provide accurate data on blood glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides, and hemoglobin in just six seconds via a convenient, hand-held device.
If the device is paired with an indwelling chip and a painless needle, a patient's blood pressure, body temperature and other information about blood status can be rapidly recorded and downloaded to a computer for analysis. This greatly reduces the amount of pain patients must endure to provide blood samples. The device could be on the market as early as the year's end
http://english.
Mexican VeriChip System -- Oct. 7, 2005 ( google ) July 17, 2003 originally
SOLUSAT MEDICA is an application aimed at the general public, which allows VERICHIP users to provide paramedics and doctors with basic medical information in an emergency situation, enabling them to take fast and effective decisions, regardless of the physical condition of the patient at the time of an emergency. The type of information provided does not compromise either the condition of the user or his privacy, since this information is used exclusively for medical purposes to assist doctors in the event of an emergency.
The above-mentioned information basically refers to blood type, known allergies, prescribed drugs, a description of the patient's aliments and the name and telephone of the head physician, etc.[ Ed: written on the chip ? ]
SOLUSAT MEDICA is a database containing medical information pertaining to VERICHIP users, which can be accessed via the Internet [Ed: web-enabled ] .
Associated hospitals and emergency services will have access to this information for consultation purposes, while users can consult and update their data via the Internet or by calling our customer service department's toll-free number. To guarantee the confidentiality of this information associates and users will be furnished with a user name and password that affords them access to the database.
The VERICHIP costs $150.00 dollars plus V.A.T. and can be implanted at any VERICHIP (CIV) Implant Center in participating medical centers.
Fortunately, I don't have any medical ailments, but I've been unlucky enough to be involved in a couple of serious accidents that have landed me in an emergency room. I didn't think twice about having a VERICHIP implanted, after witnessing the distress caused to my family when they couldn't find me, plus the risk of being attended to by a doctor who doesn't know whether I have a medical condition or not. This way I'll always be sure to have my identity and my medical data on me," said Marcos Escandon.
It has a wide variety of applications, such as personal safety and identification, providing general medical information on the user in the event of accident or emergency, and since it has restricted access, confidentiality is guaranteed,
making it suitable for financial applications, too. See www.cybertime.
http://www.hispanic
US - Mex Binational Health Plan -- Oct. 8, 2005
The Institute for Mexicans Abroad (IME), in cooperation with over a thousand agencies, will convene the FOURTH Binational Health Week (BHW) to conduct health-promotion activities for Latinos and Mexican immigrants and migrants and their families. This year, Binational Health Week expands from California to 17 other U.S. states with the participation of the California-Mexico Health Initiative (CMHI) and the US-Mexico Border Health Commission.
The 2004 BHW will kick off with a formal inaugural ceremony followed by a two-day policy forum on United States-Mexico binational health topics
The inauguration will be hosted by Mexican President Vicente Fox together with the U.S. Secretary of Health Dr. Tommy Thompson and Mexico's Secretary of Health Dr. Julio Frenk.
http://www.hispanic
49 more Hospitals on VeriMed-VeriChip System -- Oct. 4, 2005
Most of the hospitals entering into agreements to implement VeriMed in September did so as a result of the Company's demonstration of the system at the American College of Emergency Physicians' (ACEP) Scientific Assembly that took place September 26-29, 2005 in Washington, D.C.
"We believe the strong acceptance that the VeriMed System achieved at a key industry conference represents a significant step in developing widespread acceptance of VeriChip and expanding our strategic options for the company," said Scott R. Silverman, Applied Digital's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
http://biz.yahoo.
The RFID device is implanted in the patient using a reversible insertion process. The microchip contains a secure and unique 16-digit number, which acts as a portal to patient information accessible through the medical facility's electronic medical record system or through VeriChip's Web site. The device is read by healthcare professionals using a hand-held reader
http://www.frontlin
Hurricanes, Health Records and you -- Sept. 23, 2005
In the wake of Katrina, the federal government responded by beginning to collect pharmacy, Medicaid, Veterans Administration and other medical information for a centralized database that doctors can use as they treat displaced patients.
when doctors and hospitals have your records they’re called electronic medical records, or EMRs,
but once you have them, they’re called personal health records, or PHRs
3 sites :
The American Medical Association’s iHealthRecord.
WebMD’s Health Manager offers storage along with many interactive features and tests.
FollowMe is a five-year-old service that also allows groups — employers or hospitals — to offer PHRs as a service to customers or employees. All these sites, of course, emphasize high security standards: You control access to your records
One Solution with chip
The ultimate solution may be that provided by a service called VeriMed. As do the other providers, VeriMed stores your PHR online — but then also provides a tiny chip that is implanted, usually under the skin of your upper arm, containing a unique 16 digit number.
Even if you are unconscious, a VeriMed scanner can read that number from your chip and locate your health records online. VeriMed offers the scanners to hospital emergency rooms for free."
VA, Kaiser and others have Online Medical services
Networking
"On the Web, patients can make appointments, check on lab and other test results and view some of their medical records. Our clinics are all linked together so a patient being seen at one center can have her record, lab results and even digital x-rays viewed by a specialist at another center. If needed, we also have a video system where a specialist can talk and see a patient who is in another center.
http://msnbc.
Personal observation:
We have been to an emergency room this month visiting a friend.
Our friend was medicated and in an altered state of mind and did not recognize us ( though should have). .
This person was fully alert and talking upon being carried from their residence a few hours earlier.
Through out our visits to the hospital, our friend was constantly on medication and in a very
acquiescent disposition, answering "yes" to many questions that were not necessarily a "yes".
We thought : "What if the staff were to ask our Christian friend if they could inject so-and-so for easier access to their medical file ? Most likely our friend would have said yes, even though our friend is against the 666 Mark of the Beast. Our friend would not have made the close-connection, nor had the will to resist under so much medication.
Do all of us have our guard up ? Do we all see how easily this could come upon us, unless we have settled it in our mind to resist the System while we still have a choice ?
As a snare shall it come upon the whole world .... Luke 21:35
Ireland working on biochips -- Sept. 9, 2005
The research will take place at DCU's Centre for Future Diagnostics and Health (CFDH), which was officially opened on Wednesday
The bio-chips will be used for cancer detection and assessing cardiac health, and will also be used in systems that monitor the coagulation of blood.
http://www.enn.
VeriMed integrated with IBM Lab ... Austin, TX -- Sept. 8, 2005
for more unified databases and networking
"The Hospital area demonstrates currently available technologies compatible with IBM healthcare solutions that provide integrated, state-of-the-
The Hospital demonstration area illustrates the potential of VeriMed to enhance the IBM
Aligned Clinical Environment Solution. This is an integrated solution designed to connect disparate healthcare information sources while also reducing costs. The solution enables data collection and manages integration and analysis [ Ed: shades of voodoo 'Minority Report' ] of patient information"
rapid access to vital clinical information
http://home.
http://biz.yahoo.
9 Hospitals link with VeriMed -- Sept. 1, 2005
VeriChip Corporation Chief Executive Officer Kevin McLaughlin noted, "Recently, our efforts to achieve a hospital roll-out program in the Northeast have begun to gain momentum, as there has been a growing recognition of the key role that the VeriChip can play in emergency medical situations. We anticipate achieving our stated goal for VeriChip-enabled hospitals by year-end."
http://biz.yahoo.
T Thompson wants 1.8 billion from insurance for electronic medical records ( EMR ) -- Sept. 1, 2005
Wants to decrease federal monies for Medicaid and Medicare
Ed: Will getting "chipped " lower your insurance rates ?
Thompson suggested the $1.8 billion HHS collects from health care fraud and abuse should go to help providers implement an electronic medical record
Thompson proposes that with proper technology, providers can lower costs and reduce proper prescribing of medication. He said such a system would permit hospitals all over the country to receive information about a specific patient anywhere else in the country, thus preventing treatment errors
http://nashville.
http://www.insuranc
COA Community Oncology Alliance teams up with Tommy Thompson-- Aug 17, 2005
Tommy G. Thompson, former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and his colleagues at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP have joined forces with the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) to preserve quality, affordable, and accessible care for Americans battling cancer.
Sec. Thompson joins former Congressmen Harold Ford, Sr. and Bob Livingston in working with COA to promote these initiatives.
Over 80% of the nation's cancer care patients are treated in community cancer clinics close to home. COA has been working with the Congress and the Administration to reform the Medicare Part B payment system for cancer care.
COA is a non-profit organization representing community cancer clinics, which provide quality, affordable, and accessible cancer care for the 80% of Americans with the disease
http://biz.yahoo.
Chip: Privacy Scare ? -- Aug 2005
Implanted RFID Chips Carry Coded Medical Information
http://my.webmd.
http://my.webmd.
http://my.webmd.
VeriChip receives Well-Tech Italian award--March 23, 2005
The Award, given annually by Italian-based Well-Tech, goes to the invention that scores the highest in three categories, including eco-friendliness, accessibility, and quality of life. A panel, including leading Italian educators, government representatives and business executives, selects the winner. Well-Tech is a development team founded in 1999 by the architect Chiara Cantono.
http://www.tmcnet.
"We are honored to receive this recognition from such a prestigious Italian organization,
The Well-Tech award is given annually to an innovative technology product, with particular attention to its environmental and functional aspects and its potential to improve the quality of life. Selection criteria include reduction in energy consumption, use of materials and renewable energy sources, ease of use for elderly persons, product safety, design and ease of understanding of the product, appropriate application of manufacturing and materials technology, as well as the qualitative, functional, and aesthetic aspects.
Further information about Well-Tech is available at www.well-tech.
Sensor to check vital signs -- March 9, 2005
In October, the Food and Drug Administration approved Applied's VeriChip device, an implantable chip that can be read by a remote sensor to check human vital signs and diagnose other problems.
http://www.forbes.
Subdermal meds and illness ID ... drug-delivery systems
Mind control ? Behavior modification ??
Drugs-on-a-chip Jan. 28, 2005
Sastry had earlier said this cheaper alternative to DNA sequencing can be used to treat India-specific genetic disorders such as hypertension ( Ed: high blood pressure ) and thalassaemia.
While DST has given a grant of Rs one crore for the project, Sastry had said that the DNA chip, being developed at the laboratory, will be planted into the human body to treat ailments. The process is not only aimed to reduce cost of drug production and enhance level of automation, but also revolutionize medical science.
NCL is not only institution attempting to develop a chip. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is also working on a chip, which when implanted into the human body with a cocktail of drugs, can avert any medical emergencies.
On the other hand, a disposable lab-on-a-chip (inch by inch with 2-3 millimetres thickness) developed by Indian scientists at the US is also showing promise for conducting various pathological tests at non-laboratory conditions.
Currently undergoing pre-clinical trials at the US for a couple of infectious diseases and gynaecological disorders, Handylab, the spinout company of the university of Michigan, is planning to tailor-make the chip for detection of diseases at Indian conditions.
http://www1.
Coming : Drug-chips ??? ... "soma, soma, soma "........ May 20-2002
The device has been developed by Massachusetts-
tested in a lab rat.
It has been in development for three years and inventor John Santini is promising it will be ready for humans within five years.
The fingernail-sized titanium chip is inserted beneath the skin. It contains hundreds of tiny reservoirs, filled with different drugs which are released as needed by software on board.
http://www.ananova.
Dr. John Santini -- MicroCHIPS
A PhD graduate of MIT, Dr. Santini is one of the founding members of MicroCHIPS, a developer of implantable microchip drug delivery systems to be used in pain management, hormone and steroid delivery, and some cancer and CNS disorder therapies. The company's patented technology uses silicon microchips and wireless communication to accurately dispense medicine to the body.
http://www.biospace
SARS chip in Singapore --Oct. 6, 2003
Singapore hopes to launch in January [2004] an electronic chip that will give an almost instant diagnosis of whether a person has Sars, dengue fever, flu or some other respiratory illness.
Ren Ee Chee of the government-run Genome Institute of Singapore told the island republic's Sunday Times newspaper that the respiratory pathogens detection chip would undergo testing soon in conjunction with an unnamed US company.
Detection probes on the chip, which is about the size of a 10p coin, will analyse saliva or nasal mucus dropped on to it and deliver a rapid diagnosis.
It is also hoping to turn Singapore into a global biomedical hub as part of its strategy to diversify an economy battered by the technology slump. High-profile scientists including Ian Wilmut, who cloned Dolly the sheep, have been lured to the tightly controlled state.
http://www.guardian
BioMEMS
Micralyne, a developer and OEM and manufacturer of BioMEMS and other MEMS components, will work with MicroCHIPS as MicroCHIPS continues device development and proceeds towards clinical trials.
"We believe that the technology that MicroCHIPS is developing for implantable MEMS-based drug delivery has the potential to be an important step forward for the effective implementation of therapeutic regimens in the future", commented Chris Lumb, President and CEO of Micralyne. "We are excited to be involved in this work with MicroCHIPS, and pleased to be working for the first time in drug delivery, a relatively new area for BioMEMS applications
http://www.biospace
Microchip releases chemicals on demand
The researchers have demonstrated this for multiple chemicals in separate reservoirs. In other words, they applied a small voltage between a reservoir containing chemical A and a cathode and observed that chemical's release, then at a later time did the same for a reservoir containing chemical B with the same results. They did this for several different reservoirs filled with one or the other chemical over a period of several hours. This shows "that multiple compounds can be released independently from a single microchip device," the trio write in Nature.
http://web.mit.
Implantable chip's medical dangers
http://worldnetdail
Implantable Medical Devices -- Jan. 20, 2005
medical radio frequency band: MICS Medical Implant Communications Service
....subcutaneous radios and imaging
Boston -- Cambridge Consultants has designed an intelligent radio transceiver architecture that introduces a new level of power economy and performance for in-body medical diagnostic and therapeutic applications. The design is intended for implementation on system-on-chip (SoC) solutions and provides a control and communications platform suitable for implantable medical devices - a market currently growing at double-digit rates. The device will operate in the Medical Implant Communications Service (MICS) frequencies - the medical band now emerging as a global standard.
http://boston.
There really is no need for a subdermal chip.
MedicAlert's Personal HealthKey --- Jan. 5, 2004 www.medicalert.
externally worn http://www.medicale
SanDisk(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today announced that the MedicAlert(R) Personal HealthKey(TM) will use USB flash drives from SanDisk. Powered by CapMed, the MedicAlert Personal HealthKey is a consumer health care application for the secure storage, maintenance and communication of personal health information.
The MedicAlert Personal HealthKey will enable secure storage and immediate access to emergency and personal health information. Updates to the personal health record can by provided by both the patient and those authorized by the patient such as a physician, specialist or pharmacist. First responders can easily access the critical emergency information by simply inserting the SanDisk USB drive into any computer equipped with a USB port. In the event that a patient is unconscious, this MedicAlert Personal HealthKey is designed to display select critical medical information as previously authorized by the patient.
http://home.
http://www.sandisk.
www.sandisk.
Seamless Security with MedicAlert
http://home.
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Lifesavers in their Arms -- Jan. 5, 2005 ..."The VeriChip System"
Now, patients can have a computer chip embedded in an arm to provide an electronic link to their medical information when they can't communicate or don't have someone to speak for them.
Diabetics may be among the first New Jerseyans offered the choice of having subcutaneous chips implanted to give health-care workers access to their medical records.
VeriChip, developed by a retired New Jersey surgeon, was recently approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration. The implant is strictly voluntary and requires physician authorization.
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VeriChip : bad for your health...physically and spiritually
http://www.michnews
http://www.michnews
FDA approves VeriChip for medical applications --Oct. 13, 2004
The 134.2-KHz RFID chips could save lives and possibly limit injuries from errors in medical treatments, according to VeriChip Corp
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Medical veriChip-- Oct. 14, 2004
If removed, the chip becomes inactive. (Ed. note: by no longer being scanned ? or inherently ??)
Endowed with 128 characters of read-only memory, the chip has an electromagnetic cell for transmitting data and a tuning capacitor that responds when it comes within 12 inches of an authorized scanner.
Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, said precautions need to be adopted to keep some people from being forced to get the implants.
"When you put an identification tag under a person's skin, you make it impossible for a person to remove the tag, much like branding cattle," Rotenberg said. "The most likely applications would involve prisoners and parolees and perhaps one day persons in the United States who are not citizens. I think there needs to be some legislation put in place to prevent abuse."
Nonmedical uses in the United States do not require federal approval
Economic Future for the Chip
But the VeriChip maker hopes the FDA's action will expand the chip's acceptance as an identification tool for the military, security agencies and perhaps even to verify the identify of credit card holders and users of automated teller machines.
The technology is still in its infancy. The company is currently working to double the chips' memory, develop read-write capabilities to allow updating of stored information and expand the range of its scanners from several inches to several feet. Future models might contain sensors to monitor blood sugar, body temperature or other vital signs.
Despite privacy concerns, John Petersen, a security analyst for the Arlington Institute in Arlington, Va., said the realities of a post 9/11 world probably make the "chipping" of human society inevitable.
The technology will insidiously insert itself into the system, first in smaller ways, then in larger ways. Then it will become a common and easy way to establish identity.
"There's not much difference between carrying information around under your skin than carrying it around on a smart card in your wallet."
Ed note: oh, but there is all the difference in the world.... and in eternity too. Rev. 14:9-11
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Med-Info Chip --August 23, 2004
http://www.medinfoc
In the meantime, privately-held Med-InfoChip, based in Boynton Beach, Fla., recently began offering a USB drive that stores personal medical histories. The drives are not designed to replace the files in a doctor's office, but are simply a way for patients to centralize and digitize their records from their personal computer.
Dr. Carl Franzblau, associate dean of Graduate Medical Sciences and chairman of the department of biochemistry at Boston University, developed the Med-InfoChip after becoming frustrated with having to fill out forms every time he went to a new doctor.
The chip is easy to use, and it plugs into the USB port on most desktops or laptop PCs manufactured in the last five years. Once inserted, a pop-up window guides you through the press of filling in information ranging from name and date of birth to known allergies and past medical conditions. It can even store digital images, such as X rays, electrocardiograms, photos or birth certificates.
http://www.forbes.
Accessed by Phone or Internet
The registry, which can be accessed via telephone or the Internet, contains an accurate, subscriber-supplied account of medical conditions, pacemakers or other implants, medications, prior surgeries, allergies and other information that can facilitate quick and appropriate emergency treatment. Persons in emergency medical situations could be unconscious or otherwise unable to give complete and accurate medical information. In the emergency room, time may be wasted locating the patient's physician, who might have to go to the office to get the patient's medical chart.
http://www.svcn.
VeriChip "Technology that Cares" -- July 31, 2004
the FDA has approved a final review process to determine whether or not hospitals can implant RFID chips in people in order to track patients and to grant hospital workers access to confidential records.
http://www.thefeatu
VeriChip to be used in hospitals soon
http://news.
VeriChip readied for US Marketing -- July 28, 2004
VeriChip, the company that makes radio frequency identification-
The Federal Drug Administration issued a ruling Tuesday that essentially begins a final review process that will determine whether hospitals can use RFID systems from the Palm Beach, Fla.-based company
to identify patients and/or permit relevant hospital staff to access medical records,
said Angela Fulcher, vice president of marketing and sales at VeriChip.
The approval process does not center on health risks or implications, Fulcher said. VeriChip can already sell implantable RFID chips in the United States for standard security applications and the financial market. The company's basic technology has also been used in animals for years.
Instead, the FDA may mostly examine privacy issues, Fulcher indicated. In other words, the agency will look at whether the technology will lead to situations where confidential information can get improperly disclosed.
The Italian Ministry of Health kicked off a six-month trial of the chips for hospitals in April.
http://news.
Could be implanted in both patients and staff -- July 28, 2004
http://hardware.
FDA set to approve VeriChip for US health care info applications -- July 27, 2004
This assures the Company that the FDA will determine, in a relatively short period of time, whether we can introduce the VeriChip to the health care market in the United States.
VeriChip is the world's first implantable microchip designed for human use. Digital Angel Corporation filed the 510(K) application with the FDA in October 2003 on behalf of VeriChip seeking the agency's approval to market VeriChip's healthcare information applications in the United States.
http://biz.yahoo.
Siemans to pilot rfid bracelets --July 28, 2004
Siemens Business Services announced this week a pilot project with Jacobi Medical Center in New York to
track patients by incorporating RFID chips into the ubiquitous plastic band strapped onto patients' wrists during hospital admissions.
Encoded on the band is patient name, date of birth, gender, and a medical record number, linked to the hospital network that connects the patient record to labs, billing, and the pharmacy.
Doctors and nurses will be equipped with a tablet-style PC with an RFID reader and a Wi-Fi connection to access the network.
The RFID project includes software and rolls of wristbands already embedded with RFID chips. When admitted, the basic patient information is put into the application and run through a printer encoder that impresses the patient data onto the RFID chip.
http://www.infoworl
Mexicans receive VeriChip for Solusat medical program and for VeriGuard security - July 2004
Jose Luis Magana / AP file ...msnbc .....note: LEFT arm
Carlos Altamirano is scanned to show the 16-digit code of his implanted VeriChip chip in this file photo from July 2003 in Mexico City.
In addition to the chips sold to the Mexican government, more than 1,000 Mexicans have implanted them
for medical reasons, Aceves said. Hospital officials can use a scanning device to download a chip's serial number, which they then use to access a patient's blood type, name and other information on a computer.
http://msnbc.
1,000 people take the VeriChip--- July 16, 2004
About 1,000 people in Mexico have had the VeriChip implanted, said Antonio Aceves, president of Solusat, the chip's Mexican distributor. He said most customers have had medical problems.
http://www.boston.
VeriMed Healthcare Network (certifying Yahoo's health portal )
VeriMed medical information networking system using the VeriChip
(database medical history and current stats)
http://www.verimedh
Biomedical Consulting, Life Science, Financial service all in one VeriChip
The VeriMed Healthcare Network provides biomedical consulting to life sciences companies
and financial services firms.
http://www.verimedh
VeriMed International, Corral Springs, Florida, Doug Mee
http://www.obgyn.
VeriChip application: VeriMed --Oct. 29, 2003
The company said the timetable for FDA approval, though not defined, could take several months or more to run its course. If the FDA approves the device, Applied Digital plans to market VeriChip as VeriMed for healthcare applications, such as in-hospital patient identification, vaccination histories and emergency access to patient-supplied health information.
http://biz.yahoo.
also on this webpage:
THERMO LIFE ... a self-generating implanted battery (bio-sensor) to monitor one's vital statistics in real-time:
also "Wander-Alert";
and Implanted medicine-dispensing microchips, MEMS, and Health Issues
Medication microchips ..... biological drugs
The chip for monitoring animal physiology is called "bio-thermo" ; not to be confused with
"Thermo-Life" for humans.
coming soon
Isaiah 27 : 1 "leviathan the piercing serpent"
VeriChip ... different sizes, different applications
VeriMed --- The application of VeriChip to the Medical field
Telemedicine
http://telemedicine
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