VeriChip Signs Up 78 More Hospitals
VeriChip now has more than 600 hospitals participating in its VeriMed Patient Identification System Network, the company announced at the tenth annual Emergency Department Practice Management Association conference last week.
The VeriMed Patient Identification System, consists of a hand-held RFID scanner, an implantable RFID microchip, and a secure patient database, is being used to help rapidly identify and provide access to important health information on participating patients.
VeriChip Adds 78 New Hospitals to Its Network at EDPMA Conference
More Than 600 Hospitals Have Now Agreed to Participate in VeriMed Network
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–VeriChip Corporation (NASDAQ: CHIP), a provider of RFID systems for healthcare and patient-related needs, announced today that 78 new hospitals agreed to participate in the VeriMed Patient Identification System network at the Emergency Department Practice Management Association’s (EDPMA) tenth annual conference in Las Vegas on May 16-18. More than 600 hospitals have now agreed to participate in the VeriMed network.
Scott R. Silverman, Chairman and CEO of VeriChip, commented, “We are very pleased with the continued acceptance of the VeriMed Patient Identification system by hospital emergency departments as they recognize the value it provides in improving patient care. VeriMed’s footprint continues to grow in regions throughout the U.S. and we expect to enroll additional hospitals during the remainder of this year, with a goal of 800 hospitals in our network by year-end.”
The VeriMed Patient Identification System, which consists of a hand-held radio frequency identification (RFID) scanner, an implantable RFID microchip, and a secure patient database, is being used to help rapidly identify and provide access to important health information on participating patients.
The new healthcare facilities agreed to use the VeriMed reader as standard protocol to scan patients that arrive in emergency rooms unconscious, delirious or confused. The Company continues to provide readers to hospitals and other healthcare facilities at no charge as part of its efforts to “seed” the infrastructure for the VeriMed patient identification system.
About VeriChip Corporation
VeriChip Corporation, headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida, develops, markets and sells radio frequency identification, or RFID, systems used to identify, locate and protect people and assets. VeriChip’s goal is to become the leading provider of RFID systems for people in the healthcare industry. VeriChip sells passive RFID systems for identification purposes and active RFID systems for local-area location and identification purposes. VeriChip recently began to market its VeriMed(TM) Patient Identification System for rapidly and accurately identifying people who arrive in an emergency room and are unable to communicate. This system uses the first human-implantable passive RFID microchip, the implantable VeriChip(TM), cleared for medical use in October 2004 by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
VeriChip Corporation is majority-owned by Applied Digital Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSX), which also owns a majority position in Digital Angel Corporation (AMEX: DOC). For more information on VeriChip, please call 1-800-970-2447, or email [email protected]. Additional information can be found online at www.verichipcorp.com.
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