[June 28, 2007] VeriChip Reports That AMA Recommends Implantable RFID Devices to Improve the Safety and Efficiency of Patient Care Tweet (Wireless News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) VeriChip Corp., a provider of RFID systems for healthcare and patient-related needs, announced the American Medical Association's (AMA) Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs has adopted a policy stating that implantable radio frequency identification (RFID) devices may help to identify patients, thereby improving the safety and efficiency of patient care, and may be used to enable secure access to patient clinical information. VeriChip has the only FDA-cleared RFID implantable microchip for patient identification and health information purposes. VeriChip anticipates that the AMA's recommendation will enhance the Company's marketing efforts by accelerating the adoption by hospitals of the VeriMed Patient Identification System and increasing the profile of the VeriChip among the medical community. VeriChip is majority-owned by Applied Digital Solutions, which also owns a majority position in Digital Angel Corp. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright 2007 Wireless News [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]