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 Commenter follow_the_ money had the following to say on my June 24th post about a  JAMA article raising questions about the safety of RFID in hospitals (reprinted from comment section):  “this appears to be waiting for a good reporter The “TNO Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific

Journalists “screw up” health story… trust business to fix the problem, says business blogger. (RFID tags didn’t cause his heart attack. But arphids can make matters worse. Photo: Daubentonia) from Mark Widespread reports this week that RFID signals could kill you in the hospital are false, a technology business blogger is claiming.

Daily TIPs, Tech Policy, healthcare Neil Savage wrote: Science Debate Needed, Tech Advisor Says Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama ought to have a debate focusing on science and technology policy, a former White House technology advisor says.

By Sue Mueller FoodConsumer | Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are commonly used on medical devices for tracking purposes. But the tags can interfere with critical care medical devices such as pacemakers and may endanger patients, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal of the American Medical Association.

RFID Chips - Good for health care, but potentially dangerous? I was slightly disappointed to see the news that RFID chips may potentially be harmful to patients with pacemakers and other medical devices.

A new report from Accenture attempts to assess the financial costs of implementing a serialized track-and-trace system for the U.S. pharmacy supply chain. I commend NACDS and NCPA for correctly highlighting an important barrier to authentication of serialized products at the point of dispensing.

Filed under: Wireless RFID has long since been a pretty common find in your modern day hospital, but now GE and CenTrak are teaming up to make the technology even more useful in those long, winding hallways.

RFID “virtual walls” could keep tabs on hospital assets Posted by admin at May 26, 2008 RFID has long since been a pretty common find in your modern day hospital, but now GE and CenTrak are teaming up to make the technology even more useful in those long, winding hallways.

Funeral plans for fallen firefighter Mike Crotty are as follows: calling hours will be held at the Iroquois High School Auditorium, 4301 Main Street in Lawrence Park, Thursday 4-6 pm and Friday 4-6 pm and 7-9 pm. The funeral services will be held at Our Lady of Mercy Church, 837 Bartlett Rd in Harborcreek, on Saturday at 10 am.

This week I suddenly was confronted with more hospital visits than I'd hoped for (though not personal), and kept delaying writing this post for days. Early april 2007 I wrote a short blogpost on the Cleveland Heart Clinic in Second Life which was probably the first hospital to enter Second Life.