RFID HIPAA Implications

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

... "RFID usage will not impact on or expand on HIPAA's covered entities or business associate categories or their compliance requirements. The VeriChip RFID microchip is HIPAA-friendly, because it doesn't convey a name or any information identifier, only a number that is read by a proprietary scanner which is registered to a healthcare facility. " ...