The document discusses VeriMed, a passive RFID microchip implant that contains a unique identification number. When scanned, it provides access to a patient's medical information through a secure database. The microchip is FDA approved and helps identify patients who cannot communicate, reducing treatment delays in emergency situations. Adopting the VeriMed system allows hospitals like Gwinnett Medical Center to provide this technology and access patients' critical healthcare data during emergencies.
2. It is important to know this person’s Medical / Contact information
3. It is just as important to know their Medical / Contact information
4. The VeriMed™ Patient Identification system can help The VeriMed™ Technology The first and only FDA-Cleared Class II Medical Device for a Human Implantable Radio Frequency Transponder System for Patient Identification and Health Information
20. What happens when patients who choose to have a Microchip? Meet with Physician at A Community event or receive the VeriChip™ At a physician’s office Assistance with inputting your Information into the database Information is available to ER
41. Thank you for letting me share this technology It’s all about peace-of-mind in a medical emergency
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About the size of a grain of rice, the VeriMed microchip contains a 16-digit unique ID number. Being a passive RFID microchip, it doesn’t actively send information to the reader but requires the reader to excite the microchip to relay the information. Despite many fears from people about being tracked, the VeriMed microchip does not have tracking capabilities. The microchip is pre-loaded in a sterile inserter and comes with instructions and registration materials.
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A patient’s primary care physician and specialist can be called to assist the ER physicians in treating.
The ER team can notify the family of what is going on. In addition, a patient’s family can be notified about what is going on with a their loved one.
Hospitals that have the readers and are utilizing it.