Doctors back plan to store medical info under your skin
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 | 
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Posted by John under: The Mark
CHICAGO (AFP) – Doctors could soon be storing essential medical information under the skin of their patients, the American Medical Association says.
“And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”
—Revelation 13:17
Devices the size of a grain of rice that are implanted with a needle could give emergency room doctors quick access to the records of chronically ill patients, the nation’s largest doctors group said in a report.
The association adopted a policy Monday stating that the devices can improve the “safety and efficiency of patient care” by helping to identify patients and enabling secure access to clinical information.
These radio frequency identification tags (RFIDs) are already used by Wal-Mart and other businesses to speed up their shipping systems by sending out small signals that can be scanned more easily than bar codes.
Implanting them in people “can improve the continuity and coordination of care with resulting reductions in adverse drug events and other medical errors,” said the report prepared by the association’s ethics committee.
But the devices “also may pose some physical risks, compromise patient privacy, or present other social hazards.”
The main concern is protecting the privacy of the information stored on the devices.
There are also health concerns.
While the devices are removable and designed to stay in place, their small size could allow them to move to other parts of a person’s body.
They may also cause interference with electrical devices like defibrillators and it has not been determined what impact they would have on prescription drugs.
The report concluded that it is “likely that utilization of RFID devices for medical purposes will expand.”
The US Food and Drug Administration has so far only approved “passive” tags for human implantation which cannot be altered once inserted and have a limited capacity and transmission range.
The devices are also only allowed to contain a unique identification code in order to protect patient privacy.
The FDA may eventually approve “active” devices which contain internal batteries and can be updated as a patient’s condition changes.
The association warned of “potential social consequences” such as using the devices for surveillance which could be an infringement on individual liberties.
It recommended that the devices not be implanted without the informed consent of patients and that doctors monitor their use.
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Leslie Sparks says Comment posted on June 27th, 2007
Applied Digital Solutions. Digital Angel, The Veri Chip. It’s been used for years. In animals and people.
the merry widow says Comment posted on June 28th, 2007
But we are warned to not get it. There are plausible arguments for it, especially for seniors suffering from various dementias, but when G*D says, “Don’t!”, I listen. And obey.
The levels of abuse are staggering, why give an opening to a future(not so unlikely) dictator?
tmw
aneriz says Comment posted on June 28th, 2007
Merry Widow:
That would be asuming that this is the “mark”. How do we know it is? We don’t have a centralizd goverment and it just stores medical info.
Are you suggesting that we refuse technology just on the basis of “what if”?
Sword says Comment posted on July 16th, 2007
Merry Widow, Don’t be fooled? The devices inserted on patients are not the mark of the beast. But THIS IS THE TECHNOLOGY, to be used by the antichrist to track everybody’s movement. Just read what the bible says. “you will not be able to buy or sell without this mark”. Today with the upswing on credit card frauds and stolen identities, and illegal aliens, there are more organizations pushing for a national identity verfication method. What better than a chip in your body that can’t be stolen and can be monitored without you knowing. Furthermore, there was a recent article that stated that there are only two places were the microchip can be inserted so that it doesn’t move through out your body. You know where? You guessed, your forehead and in the back of your hand. One little problem though.. Once its inserted in these areas, It cannot be extracted without the risk of breaking into pieces. How convenient.
Linda says Comment posted on July 16th, 2007
Sword,
Your info regarding the only 2 places the chip can be placed sounded like something I read once before~wish I could remember the name of the book (lol).
Down to the smallest detail, the Almighty GOD of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob
knew the end from the beginning & put it all in the Bible so that we would know that HE alone is LORD!
Sword says Comment posted on July 26th, 2007
Linda,
Amen to that!
Praise Yahweh for His wisdom.
George Davis says Comment posted on October 28th, 2007
The enemy, think they are deceiving us with their “We care policy”. I am sure that people are intelligent enough to be able to tell if it is a leg or arm to be amputated. Their failure on the implants of animals has showed the problems and side effects of the implants, how do they think they will work better in humans than in animals.