[LINK] VeriChip RFID Based Patient Identificaiton System

[Geoff Ramadan]

Timely release.

VeriChip expanding their RFID system for Healthcare "Patient Identification 
Systems".

Note the RFID chip is an implant.

Regards

Geoffrey Ramadan, B.E.(Elec)
Chairman, Automatic Data Capture Australia (www.adca.com.au)
and
Managing Director, Unique Micro Design (www.umd.com.au)

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http://www.verichipcorp.com/news/1179755859

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, FL—May 21, 2007 -- 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.