VeriChip Corporation Adds More Than 200 Hospitals To Its VeriMed Patient Identification System At The American College Of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Conference, Far Surpassing Last Year's Enrollment
Delray Beach, FL - VeriChip Corporation, a provider of RFID systems for healthcare and patient-related needs, announced recently that more than 200 new healthcare facilities registered in the VeriMed Patient Identification System at the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) 38th Annual Scientific Assembly. This brings the total number of hospitals that are registered in the VeriMed system to over 900. Additionally, the Company now has more than 200 protocol-adopted hospitals in its network, thereby surpassing its full-year stated goal of 800 hospital registrations and 200 protocol adoptions.
Scott R. Silverman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of VeriChip, said, "I am extremely proud of our team's noteworthy achievement, which emphasizes the importance of the VeriMed Patient Identification System in improving access to identification and medical records information in an emergency situation. By handily beating our stated goal for our network build-out for the full-year 2007 in October, our proof of concept is stronger than ever, especially with the robust enrollment in our VeriMed system by those at this year's ACEP conference. This record-breaking two-day enrollment shows strong support by the medical community that this is a safe and reliable medical device. Once the new healthcare facilities are protocol-adopted, we will have significantly expanded the infrastructure necessary to support our marketing activities designed to drive VeriChip's adoption.
"For the remainder of this year and going forward, we will continue to build out our network, which includes converting registered hospitals to protocol-adopted hospitals. With the recent launch of our new Patient First payment model, we will also continue to focus on patient enrollment in those areas where we have a concentrated presence of protocol-adopted facilities."
SOURCE: VeriChip Corporation