Hospitals adopt RFID network

Hospitals adopt RFID network
March 15, 2007

Technologynewsdaily.com: Sixty-five new hospitals have agreed to participate in the VeriChip Corporation Patient Identification System network, bringing the company's total number of enrolled hospitals to more than 500. The VeriMed Patient Identification System, which consists of a hand-held RFID scanner, an implantable RFID microchip and a secure patient database, is being used to rapidly identify and provide access to important health information on participating patients.