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Independent Study Concludes That Use of VeriChip for Access To Patient Records Significantly Decreases Emergency Care Charges

Use of VeriChip to Access Patient Records of Critically Ill Patients in Mass Casualty Scenario Decreased Emergency Care Charges by an average of $685.67 per patient

Access to electronic medical records (EMRs) could save the health care system billions of dollars annually

Tuesday, June 3, 2008; 8:00 AM EDT

DELRAY BEACH, FL.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VeriChip Corporation (the “Company”) (NASDAQ:CHIP - News), a provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) systems for healthcare and patient-related needs, today announced the results of an independent study presented at the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine's Annual Meeting.  The study concluded that use of the VeriChip for access to patient medical history verification significantly decreased the emergency care charges among critically injured patients in a randomized, blinded, prospective mass casualty scenario. 

The study discussed the benefits gained from providing health care workers with immediate access to patient medical records during a mass casualty scenario.  The objective of the study was to evaluate the use of VeriChip for electronic medical record (EMR) access, and whether a patient implanted with the VeriChip would affect emergency charges in a prospective mass casualty exercise.  The conclusions stated that use of the VeriChip for access to patient records significantly decreased the emergency care charges among critically injured patients in the mass casualty scenario, with a mean decrease in ordered charges of $685.67 per patient.  Theoretically, this translates into over $15 billion in decreased emergency care charges annually for critically ill patients presenting in the emergency room.  (Assumption = 4,600 U.S. Emergency Rooms x 5,000 Critically Ill Patients/Annum x $685.67 Avg. Savings/Patient). The study can be accessed at www.aemj.org (Academic Emergency Medicine Journal, Vol. 15, No.5, Supplement1, May 2008 pS99 number 241).

Scott R. Silverman, Chairman and CEO, commented on the results concluded in the study, “We are pleased about the positive outcome yielded in the results.  This study adds to the body of evidence further validating that the VeriChip technology can lead to more efficient and effective patient care in a triage or emergency room setting.”

About VeriChip

VeriChip Corporation, headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida, develops, markets and sells RFID systems used to identify, locate and protect people and assets. VeriChip's goal is to become the leading provider of RFID systems for people in the healthcare industry. The Company recently began marketing Health Link, a passive RFID system for rapidly and accurately identifying people who arrive in an emergency room and are unable to communicate. This system uses the first human-implantable passive RFID microchip cleared for medical use in October 2004 by the United States Food and Drug Administration.

For more information on VeriChip, please call 1-800-970-2447, or email info@verichipcorp.com. Additional information can be found online at http://www.verichipcorp.com.

Isaac Hayes: Funeral Plans Announced, Family Speaks About Loss

Posted Aug 13th 2008 1:22PM by Karu F. Daniels
Filed under: Entertainment Newswire

By Karu F. Daniels, BlackVoices.com



Blackvoices.com has learned that a memorial service will be held on Aug. 18 to celebrate the life of soul music icon Isaac Hayes, who died on Aug. 10 at the age of 65.

According to family spokesperson, the memorial will be held at the Hope Presbyterian Church, 8500 Walnut Grove, Cordova, Tennessee from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m

The Academy Award and multiple Grammy Award winner is survived by his wife of three years Adjowa Hayes, and their two–year–old son Kwadjo Hayes, ten children -- Jacqueline Fields, Felecia Hayes Fisher, Veronica Hayes, Vincent Hayes, Melanie Hayes, Nikki McGhee, Heather Hayes, Isaac Hayes III, Darius Caston and Lillian Bryant --14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

FDA cracks down on bogus cancer treatments

Agency send letters to manufacturers, may seize products

updated 2:32 p.m. ET, Tues., June. 17, 2008

WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on teas, supplements, creams and other products that falsely claim to cure, treat or prevent cancer even though they are not agency-approved drugs. All are available for sale on the Internet.

The agency has sent 25 warning letters to companies and individuals marketing these products, FDA officials said Tuesday. Twenty-three of the letters went to domestic companies and two to foreign individuals.

FDA officials said the statements made about these products are dangerous because they could prevent a patient from seeking proper treatment for cancer. They could also harm a cancer patient by interacting with other drugs the patient is taking.

"FDA is very concerned that (they will lose money by cancer patients taking a more effective and natural route then the one that the government chooses- which happens to be medication that weakens and breaks you down as time goes on) consumers will purchase these products on the Internet and use them instead of products that have been proven safe and effective," said Michael Levy, director of labeling the agency's new drug division.

The letters criticized unproven claims made about these products including the ability to "destroy the enzyme on DNA responsible for cancer cells," and the power to "neutralize" carcinogens. One product's Web site had a testimonial claiming it had cured a patient's skin cancer in three days, according to one of the letters.

The ingredients of these unproven treatments include bloodroot, shark cartilage, coral calcium, cesium, ellagic acid, and a variety of mushrooms among other products.

Officials said that if the warnings are not heeded, the agency could take action including seizure of the products and criminal prosecution.

"Health fraud has been around for years, and it is a cruel form of greed," said David Elder, director of the agency's enforcement office. "Fraud involving cancer treatments can be especially heartless."

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 If a person finds a natural route to treatment of cancer- than taking the medication that may not ever heal them- then why not take the natural route…  Before anyone thought to making medications that cure- my ancestors and their ancestors used natural remedies