The future may be "medical records" implanted in the patient

[] Message: in the near future, the United States the patient medical records documenting the implantation of microchip, thereby facilitating the treatment.

AFP 26, citing United States Medical Association reported that the micro-chip is a RFID tag, the size is the equivalent of a grain of rice, you can use needles subcutaneous implantation of the patient. This tag can be emitting label of weak signal, scanning is less than the time required to scan the barcode. Doctors can label record content to learn about patients ' medical histories, and prevent the loss of medical records of patients.

United States Medical Association said that this kind of equipment you can confirm the patient's identity and obtain the correct medical information, enhancing the health of security and efficiency. " Reported that the implant this RF tags also "helps by reducing drug abuse, and other medical errors. ”

But the report also noted that this label may violate the privacy of patients. In addition, the tag may also impact on patients ' health. Because the size is very small, the label may move to other parts of the patient. Labels may also affect electronic medical devices work correctly.