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Medical Forum / General / General / October 2004"Health chip implant OK'd"
Health chip implant OK'd The Food and Drug Administration approved an implantable computer chip about the size of a grain of rice that can make medical care safer and speedier by providing doctors quick access to vital patient information. at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20041014-121508-6862r.htm > Health chip implant OK'd > The Food and Drug Administration approved an implantable computer chip > - about the size of a grain of rice - that can make medical care safer > and speedier by providing doctors quick access to vital patient > information. > at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20041014-121508-6862r.htm Wow. That's really cool. They've been doing this in pets for about 8 years. Who's going to pay for each of those chips for patients that elect to have them? Who's going to pay the professional fee to the doctor/PA/nurse that implants them? Who's going to pay for the equipment necessary to read the data on the chip? They'll be needed for every hospital, ER, doctor's office and probably every ambulance. Who's going to take responsibility for making sure the chip is updated with each new medical visit? What if a patient with one of these chips ends up having to get care from some doctor or hospital that doesn't have the equipment necessary to update the chip? This is yet another idea that people like Mike get all excited about because it's new, mysterious technology, but they haven't given any thought to the practical realities of the situation, nor the impact on the rising cost of health care that people keep whining about. HMc As I heard it, these implantable rice grain size chips return an ID number. Then this number can be sent to a database which quickly returns the chip bearer's medical history and other information. Only bearer's medical information, of course. This isn't a new idea. I've heard about this same idea used for nonhuman animals, for cattle and pets, for a year or two past. Cheers -- Martha Adams >> Health chip implant OK'd >> The Food and Drug Administration approved an implantable computer chip [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >practical realities of the situation, nor the impact on the rising cost of >health care that people keep whining about. But if it provides simple rapid access to the patient's records, it might reasonably result in reduced costs. All the Q you ask are proper Q that should be answered, but I presume those answers are available. The chip reader per se is minor, and if these things have been used with pets for some time, the costs associated with them are probably modest. (It's not "new, mysterious technology".) I suspect this should be seen as one part of the increasing computerization of med records. (Lest I be misinterpreted... I do not know the answers, but I would start with a more neutral attitude, since this would seem to have benefit, and may well have low costs.) bob |
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