Healthcare executive gets RFID chip implanted

From an article in Health Data Management:

"John Halamka, M.D., does not have a chip on his shoulder. He has a chip in his shoulder.

Halamka, CIO at Boston's CareGroup Healthcare System, has become the first volunteer to test an implantable radio frequency identification chip for medical use. The VeriChip, from Delray Beach, Fla.-based Applied Digital, was approved in October by the Food and Drug Administration for medical use in humans. In December, it was classified as a Class II medical device with special controls. ..."

Via Roland Piquepaille's Technology Trends -- The World's First RFID-Enabled CIO.