{GoogleVerticalBanner} The FDA is currently reviewing the privacy issues surrounding the use of RFID chips as implants in hospital workers and health care workers. The idea is to use these RFID chips as security devices to control access to patient records and hospital supplies...
VeriChip, the company that makes radio frequency identification--RFID--tags for humans, has moved one step closer to getting its technology into hospitals.
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.

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