...Thomas English EN1101 21 November 2014 Microchip Implantation in Humans: Coming Soon? With the advancement in the technology during the last decade, we are moving into a whole new world of technological innovation. There was a time when people could never expect to have a wireless device. But now life without cellphone is nearly impossible. The cellpone in today’s world has become a person’s best companion. See, what the change technology brought into our lives. This paper deals with another technological innvoation that is microchip implantion in human beings. My goal in this paper is show the why the chip implantation in human beings is useful and how the RFID technology can change our lives? A human microchip is an identifying integrated device which can be implanted in the human body. It is encased in a silicate glass and a bit bigger than a rice grain. The chip needs to be injected under the skin of the hand (Wikipedia, 2014). It typically contains a unique identification detail number which can be connected to the information contained in the external database. It is basically a Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) transponder. RFID is the wireless use of electromagnetic fields to transfer the data for the purposes of identifying and tracking tags attached to the objects or animals or human beings (Ibid). In 1998, Professor Kevin Warwick became the first person to be implanted with a microchip, commonly know as RFID chip. The implantation allowed him...
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...Microchip Implants in Humans. A technology I have been interested in has been the microchip implant. This is a transponder encased in silicate encased in silicate glass and implanted in the body. These typically contain a unique ID number that can be lined to the information contained in an external database, such as personal identification, medical history, and medications. This advance in technology can help with GPS tracking on a human. If a child was lost or abducted this chip could be tracked and potentially save the child’s life. Someone suffering from Alzheimer’s could benefit from this. We could keep better track on criminals who disappear once released and maintain updated records on those who should be registered as offenders. People with medical conditions could benefit from the implant as well. This implant could provide health information allowing a paramedic to scan your chip and administer proper medicine. If you were to pass out or have a heart attack and were unresponsive this could save your life. There have been trials of drug-releasing microchips. The results came back successful in women who were given doses of Osteoporosis. The results were published on the website of the journal Science Translational Medicine. A major impact I believe we could benefit from the microchip would be better security. There are some companies that have been using this technology. Rather than trying to remember or keeping from passing codes, this chip allows you access...
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...care by making all health records standardized and electronic.” A group of Senators and the President have as a matter of fact already convened to put together a bill to have every citizen have Bio-metric ID or VeriChip in their bodies. This idea has approached from Obama’s ambition for computerizing of all medical records in order to make health care more cost-effective. If this bill passes and becomes a law in the United States, the microchip will be forced to be inserted typically in every individual’s right arm in order to legally have a job. The microchip will consist of a barcode that will provide such information when scanned: fingerprints, retinal scans, and every other possible identification of an individual – allowing the government to track every move of a person. This chip will be produced using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification Device) technology, and will have unlimited personal information about anyone at any accessible time. A new revolution in technology is approaching. It is understandable that the government and the President are aiming for a more cost-effective medical technology, but do the citizens really want to be “tagged like an animal”? Medical experiments on such chips show that it will not only allow access of every move of a being, but also...
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... Philosophy 320 February 27, 2013 I was astonished to learn that a microchip which is implanted under the skin of a patient which would then give doctors instant access to a patient’s medical records had won the approval of the Food and Drug Administration back on October 12, 2004. The approval was immediately denounced by HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) advocates, who rightfully believed that it could endanger patient privacy and thus be the stepping stone towards a major disaster. In this paper I’ll examine how the fundamental concept of a right to patient privacy could possibly be jeopardized by the chip, from unauthorized users gaining access to one’s confidential medical records to perhaps allowing the tracking of one’s daily activities. Information of this magnitude if in the wrong hands could prove to be disastrous beyond comprehension. A company in favor of the use of the VeriChip is PositiveID Corporation. This company was formed on November 10, 2009 through the merger of VeriChip and the Steel Vault Corporation. This advanced technology development company was awarded the exclusive rights to distribute the VeriChip, also called a RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification). This implantable microchip transmits a unique code to a scanner which would then allow doctors and hospitals to confirm the patient’s identity and obtain the needed medical information. The premise is quite similar to the scanner that grocery stores have...
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...Three programs stood out to me as I did research, and those three are VetOfficeSuite.com, eVetPractice.com, and ezyVet.com. As you read through this paper, I will explain the pro and cons of each different software package. VetOfficeSuite.com was founded in March, 2010, by Eric Bregman, VMD. Eric is the co-owner of the Bregman Veterinary Group, a growing group of Veterinary practices started by his father Dr. Jack Bregman, in Coney Island, NY in 1970. Eric, his dad Jack, and his brother Allan Bregman, DVM, now own 3 veterinary hospitals and a Nuclear Medicine facility in the New York City area, and recently have expanded to Orlando, Florida, where they will have 2 additional full service veterinary hospitals. eVetPractice.com began back in 2011 when our owner and founder, Eddie Heinz, was tasked by his sister-in-law to find an affordable practice management solution that offered the necessary features to run the new mobile practice she was beginning. Dr. Kristen Arp had worked in corporate medicine for some time and new the value of properly managing her business, but like most veterinarians, did not have a background in software and was concerned about making the right choice. Fortunately, she reached out to the family software developer for assistance. ezyVet was founded in 2006 out of the desire for an intuitive, affordable and customisable software that could cater to Veterinary Practices of all sizes and compositions. Plenty of other software options existed but none seemed...
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...safety. In this paper I will analyze how the RFID technology is being used within a hospitals information system (HIS) for a better workflow/ Introduction Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) allows the hospitals to restructure their ways in order to reduce costs, maintaining the same level of service to the patients. RFID is a method of identifying unique items using radio waves (Allen, Charles, 2004). A reader communicates with a tag, which holds digital information in a microchip (Allen, Charles, 2004). A RFID system in order to work needs to use software that acts as an interface between the reader and the organizations’ information systems. An RFID system integrated with HIS will improve patient safety and provides better tracking of a patient’s drug treatment. Many hospitals want to increase the efficiency and quality of patient identification and monitoring procedures. The use of RFID goes beyond the use of EMR and the way that it connects and provides the medical information to medical staff, physicians, family members and patients itself. The use of RFID is to solve the problems that are present today in health. In this paper I will discuss the e importance to focus on a RFID –based system name (SIMOPAC) that integrates the multi-agent technologies in the field of health care. RFID...
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...standard in place that must be followed. These are nonnegotiable, ethical standards, obligations and duties that every individual swears to when entering the nursing profession. These standards are all found within the American Nurses Association’s code of Nursing Ethics and Conduct. Whether dealing with patients and families during end of life decision making or dealing with nursing negligence within the court of law, the first provision in the code of ethics is the most imperative to remember. Nurses are always obligated to their patient’s best interest, therefore making them an unrelenting patient advocate. Many provisions are pointed out within the Nursing Code of Ethics. In the situation of dealing with Marianne’s family and medical treatments, there are many important things to consider. “The nurse respects the worth, dignity, and rights of all human beings irrespective of the nature of the health problem. The worth of the person is not affected by disease, disability, functional status, or proximity to death. This...
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...interesting details concerning it. I have always felt that marijuana should be legalized, or at the very least, people with serious medical conditions should have access to it. And marijuana doesn’t even have to be legalized in my opinion, but it should definitely be decriminalized. I don’t think anyone who wants to smoke a plant that they grow themselves should have to suffer consequences, considering they are responsible in their recreational smoking. I do feel that if it were legalized, that there should be an acceptable age limit to buy and/or consume marijuana, comparable to that of alcohol. There are beneficial as well as harmful effects concerning marijuana, but that goes for a lot of things people do in everyday life. And I feel that a lot of time has been spent shining the spotlight on the harmful effects of marijuana, while little research has been done or even allowed, on the benefits of marijuana. While preparing for the debate, I encountered many sources on each end of the spectrum; including some in the middle. Many of the sources I looked at seemed rather credible, but others were most definitely biased. One example of a blatantly biased comment was, "Most pot smokers drink alcohol heavily, and may become so confused that they take cocaine or heroin.” (medicalmarijuana.procon.org). Another interesting bit of information I found was, “Medical marijuana is now a serious $1.7 billion dollar market, according to a new report released this month by an independent financial...
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...promote new products and new services the ways that this can be done would be through electronic medical records, or any form of a web-based communique. Some types of communications can also make the patient feel safer and also help the organization save time and money. Electronic medical records give the patient some benefits that are to the advantage of them as well as the provider. It allows the patient to keep their medical records up to date and accurate so that way there are no problems with such things as allergies, surgeries, or medications that are being taken. This is a way for the patient to keep accurate records of their medical history as well as keeping the provider updated at all times (Brooks, R., Grotz, C.). This an effective means of communication between the patient and provider by allowing the provider to give access to some of their records that will allow the patient to adjust certain things in their lifestyle or medications without going in to see the provider for something that would not require an office visit. This type of communication can allow the provider to keep a better watch on the consumer’s progress that will allow the provider to release some test and results to the consumer and the provider can also let the consumer know exactly what the their instructions are without being misinterpreted (Brooks, R., Grotz, C.). Electronic Medical Records is a form of communication that is developed to make health care records easier to update...
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...must ensure a health care ethic that respects the role of patients in decision making about treatment choices and other aspects of their care. Hospitals must be sensitive to cultural, racial, linguistic, religious, age, gender, and other differences as well as the needs of persons with disabilities (A patient’s bill of rights, 1992). To participate effectively in decision making, patients must be encouraged to take responsibility for requesting additional information or clarification about their health status or treatment when they do not fully understand information and instructions (A patient’s bill of rights, 1992). Three ethical considerations are autonomy, duty of care and risk-benefit. Ethical questions surround the concept of medical...
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...Prescription Drugs In this society, most Americans use some type of prescription drug. According to this week chapter reading: “More than 80 % of U.S. adults use some form of medication, with 50 % taking a drug prescribed by a doctor. The average American fills 11 prescriptions per year spending approximately $ 771 annually (Gentzen, p. 245, 2007).” This is a true statement because I am one of those Americans who depend on prescription drugs. I have a seizure disorder that doctors have not found what cause me to have seizure. Without medication, I can have a seizure. So now I have become what society has called “addicted” to prescription drugs, when I go too long without medication, I can have a seizure at any given time. So I am glad that my team has chosen this topic to discuss. We talk about The History of Prescription Drugs, Drugs Addicts, and The steps that we believe that could be used to make a change to the present system. Prescription drugs are medicine regulated by legislation to require a prescription before it can be obtained. The term prescription drug is used separate from over-the-counter drugs that can be purchased without a prescription. In the United States, the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act determines what requires a prescription. When obtaining a prescription, a person will also receive a pamphlet explaining the drug and helpful information about the effect of the drug and how it affects the body. It also describes side effects...
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...definitions of euthanasia: "A gentle and easy death...[T]he means of bringing about a gentle and easy death... However, in today’s society term euthanasia includes both voluntary and involuntary termination of life. Euthanasia has many meanings. Except for involuntary euthanasia, all these terms are closely related because the victim requests the action. The only difference is who is actually committing the act, Voluntary euthanasia is a help to mentally competent person to die through the assistance of others and can be divided in two categories. Passive Euthanasia means causing the death of a person by withdrawing some form of support and letting nature take its course. For example: removing life support, stopping medical procedures, stopping food and water and allowing the person to dehydrate or starve to death, and not delivering CPR. Active Euthanasia involves causing the death of a person through a direct action, in response to a request from that person. For many people, euthanasia is a preferable option compare to loss of independence and unbearable suffering. Background Euthanasia has always been a highly controversial topic. In...
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...Bloom’s Taxonomy and Nursing Care Sherrie Fetterman Health and Chronic Disease Management/NUR427 October 3, 2011 Gina Stephens Bloom’s Taxonomy and Nursing Care An estimated 99 million Americans currently suffer from a form of chronic disease and will enter the health care field unknowing what to expect (Annuals of Internal Medicine, 2011). Disease knows no boundaries nor is there any age limitations. What is consistent, is the disease inflicted patients need to learn about their disease and how to live normal lives regardless of their literary level. In 1956, Benjamin Bloom and a group of educational psychologists developed Bloom’s Taxonomy, a classification of levels of intellectual behavior important in learning. The taxonomy has three domains: the cognitive, affective and psychomotor. Each domain begins with the most basic learning level, and increases to the more intellectual level of learning. As Larsen and Lubkin states, “The teaching-learning process is characterized by multifaceted, dynamic, and interactive exchanges that are fundamental to client-family education and nursing practice” (p. 320). Bloom’s Taxonomy of Education equips nurses with the tools necessary to help patients and family members become successful in coping with their chronic illnesses. The findings of the cognitive domains represent use of knowledge and mental skills of the patient, and is further divided into 6 levels from the lowest level to the highest level...
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...The number of animals killed each year in the United States alone varies between 17 and 70 million. The Animal Welfare Act (ACA) states that laboratories must report the number of animals used in experiments; yet mice, birds, and rats are not included in this figure. These animals are used in 80 to 90 percent of all animal testing. Because of this, it is impossible to calculate the exact number of animals used in such experiments (PETA, 5). Animal testing might not directly affect ordinary people each day or be an issue on everybody’s mind, yet the actions people do daily can affect animal experimentation. This has been a worldwide issue and an ongoing battle for decades. Vivisection, the practice of lab experimenting on live animals, has been around since the beginning of scientific medicine. It is an alternative to the dissection of human corpses, which resulted from religious leaders’ protests (Choose Cruelty Free). There are numerous reasons why people and organizations want animal testing changed. People of all nations and religions argue differently on this topic. Yet the main factor in deciding the moral correctness of animal experimentation is one’s personal belief. No matter which side a person takes on this topic, they feel there are several things that must be done to benefit their stance and its publicity. A group in opposition of animal testing is the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Their main claim is put as, “Animals are not ours to...
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...Abstract In my previous position I worked as the Administrator for a well-established outpatient diagnostic imaging facility. As the Administrator I was faced with having to make various decisions that utilized economics on a daily basis. The decisions that I would have to make would range from very simple to very complex purchases. Regardless of the amount of the purchase the same economic considerations were utilized prior to any purchases. Introduction In my previous position as Administrator for an outpatient imaging facility I was faced with various daily decision making tasks that would range from something as simple as a supply order that would cost the company a few hundred dollars, to the decision of final equipment purchases that could cost over a million dollars. One particular instance that I was faced with was to utilize additional space within the facility for a different imaging modality. The decision at the time was not completely left up to me, but was my responsibility to present which modality I thought would benefit the company and our patients the most, and how the best options to move forward with overseeing this project. The facility offered various imaging services such as a positional stand up MRI, nuclear imaging, ultrasounds, and high quality x-rays. The new project was to fill the additional imaging room with a service based on my analysis. The options that I had were to bring in a new device to see a different set of patients,...
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