Verichip sells first "baby protection system"

[buckthesystem]

This is interesting:

Here's a bit from the article:

VeriChip said in a press release Aug. 24 that the Brampton hospital, under construction now, is spending $750,000 to have VeriChip's platform and applications installed at its newest facility.

Insurers are studying implanting RFID chips in patients.

VeriChip's infant protection system is really two separate above-the-skin solutions, one a band similar to a standard hospital bracelet that has an embedded RFID chip. The second option, called the Halo skin-sensing system, is similar to an electronic key fob for a car that can be attached to an infant's ankle or a patient's wrist. Another key fob-type device can be worn around the neck of staff members to use as a personal panic button.

But VeriChip also has a separate patient identification system, VeriMed, which is used beneath the skin. Once the chip is implanted in the fatty part of a person's arm (or in the hand, as chip volunteers have done), it displays a 16-digit identifier when tapped by an RFID reader. The number accesses health information in a database that requires a username and password for admittance.

Read more: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2008340,00.asp

[Guest washedinthebloodoftheLamb]

The ankle bands have been out for a while. When I gave birth to my son 10 1/2 yeard ago they and one of those bands on his ankle. When I asked what it was she said it was something to to help prevent getting babies mixed up or stolen. I live in Michigan. It must have been experimental because when I had my daughter 2 years later at the same hospital they were no longer using them. Just thought this was an interesting tid but tio add to the topic.

[buckthesystem]

But, (well it is new information to me anyway) what is important:

"Insurers are studying implanting RFID chips in patients".

And: "But VeriChip also has a separate patient identification system, VeriMed, which is used beneath the skin. Once the chip is implanted in the fatty part of a person's arm (or in the hand, as chip volunteers have done), it displays a 16-digit identifier when tapped by an RFID reader. The number accesses health information in a database that requires a username and password for admittance".

This all goes to say that a lot of people are working hard to ensure that implantable "RFID chips" become acceptable.