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存放醫療信息在您的皮膚之下
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醫生可能很快存儲根本體格檢查信息在他們的患者之下皮膚，美國醫療協會認為。
種入與針可能給急診室醫生對慢性地不適的患者紀錄的快速存取的設備米五穀的大小，國家的最大的醫生小組在報告認為。
協會採取了一項政策星期一闡明，設備可能經過幫助辨認患者和使能對臨床信息的安全通入改進病人護理「安全和效率」。
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. - AFP/fa
© 2007 MCN International Pte Ltd
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