WE CAN BUT SHOULD WE?

We Can But Should We?

We Can But Should We?

Introduction

The American government has formulated a committee to investigate the potential of implanting a chip in every U.S. citizen. In an effort to reduce the issues surrounding patient safety including patient identification and maintenance of a complete and accurate history of disease processes and medications, this chip will contain all of the individual's medical information. When the patient arrives at a point-of-care, the CHIP is scanned, and all of the information is uploaded into the provider system. Upon discharge, information is then downloaded back to the Chip. The proposed ...