RFID Tags: Medical

Testimony by Richard Seelig for the January 11, 2005 NCVHS Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality Hearings

... "The first set of applications revolved around the identification of implanted medical devices such as pacemakers and orthopedic hardware. In my clinical experience and discussion with colleagues the need for improved rapid acquisition of accurate detailed technical information regarding these devices was lacking causing many delays and inefficiencies in patient care. I believed that an implantable passive RFID available when needed, linked to an Internet accessible database could provide a clinician access to the need information many months after the procedure was performed and at any facility throughout the country. " ...