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Current Methods of Providing Information in Emergencies |
Subdermal RFID Solution |
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The Challenge |
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Provide secure, reliable patient identification for access to healthcare Information. In an EMERGENCY, provide healthcare workers with a patient's name and pertinent personal information when they can’t speak, can't remember or are unconscious. |
Unlike healthy adults able to verbally provide personal health history, patients with chronic diseases present with communication barriers due to loss of consciousness, impaired speech or memory loss. This deficiency can lead to treatment delays or contribute to medical errors. |
- Modalities - Proxy person - Wallet card - Medical jewelry - Dial-in telephone numbers - Web hosted databases |
- Family, PMD not present - Wallet not in clothing worn - Jewelry previously removed - Card not in possession - How to get to information - Information can be incomplete or conflicting |
Benefits to Patient |
- In an emergency, VeriChip™ "speaks" for patients who are unable or unwilling, and rapidly, accurately furnishes important and even life saving information - Reduces treatment delays and medical errors in non-communicative patients - Provides peace of mind; security |
Why they don't always work |
Benefits To Hospital |
- Addresses a major problem of the ER – accurate patient identification - Reduces treatment delays - Reduces medical errors - Increases ER throughput/productivity - Decreases un-reimbursed expenses |