Reality Burst User ID: 9067 United States 09/16/2005 06:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | SENATE BILL 1262: YOUR DIGITAL ANGEL ...AND YOUR POSSIBLE FUTURE PRESIDENT FOUND WITHIN THESE LINES.
S. 1262
Title: A bill to reduce healthcare costs, improve efficiency, and improve healthcare quality through the development of a nation-wide interoperable health information technology system, and for other purposes.
Latest Major Action: 6/16/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsor: Sen Frist, William H. [TN] (introduced 6/16/2005)
COSPONSORS (14): Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] - 6/16/2005 Sen Thune, John [SD] - 6/16/2005 Sen Martinez, Mel [FL] - 6/16/2005 Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM] - 6/16/2005 Sen Talent, Jim [MO] - 6/16/2005 Sen Obama, Barack [IL] - 6/16/2005 Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD] - 6/16/2005 Sen Santorum, Rick [PA] - 6/30/2005 Sen Jeffords, James M. [VT] - 6/30/2005 Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] - 6/30/2005 Sen Bond, Christopher S. [MO] - 6/30/2005 Sen Alexander, Lamar [TN] - 6/30/2005 Sen Nelson, Bill [FL] - 7/11/2005 Sen Landrieu, Mary L. [LA] - 7/11/2005
`SEC. 2902. OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR OF HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
`(a) Office of National Health Information Technology- There is established within the Office of the Secretary an Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology (referred to in this section as the `Office´). The Office shall be headed by a National Coordinator who shall be appointed by the President in consultation with the Secretary and shall report directly to the Secretary.
`(b) Purpose- It shall be the purpose of the Office to carry out programs and activities to develop a nationwide interoperable health information technology infrastructure that--
`(1) improves healthcare quality, reduces medical errors, and advances the delivery of patient-centered medical care;
`(2) reduces healthcare costs resulting from inefficiency, medical errors, inappropriate care, and incomplete information;
`(3) ensures that appropriate information to help guide medical decisions is available at the time and place of care;
`(4) promotes a more effective marketplace, greater competition, and increased choice through the wider availability of accurate information on healthcare costs, quality, and outcomes;
`(5) improves the coordination of care and information among hospitals, laboratories, physician offices, and other entities through an effective infrastructure for the secure and authorized exchange of healthcare information;
`(6) improves public health reporting and facilitates the early identification and rapid response to public health threats and emergencies, including bioterror events and infectious disease outbreaks;
`(7) facilitates health research; and
`(8) ensures that patients´ health information is secure and protected.
`(c) Duties of National Coordinator-
`(1) IN GENERAL- The National Coordinator shall--
`(A) facilitate the adoption of a national system for the electronic exchange of health information;
`(B) serve as the principal advisor to the Secretary on the development, application, and use of health information technology, and coordinate and oversee the health information technology programs of the Department;
`(C) ensure the adoption and implementation of standards for the electronic exchange of health information, including coordinating the activities of the Standards Working Group under section 2903;
`(D) carry out activities related to the electronic exchange of health information that reduce cost and improve healthcare quality;
`(E) ensure that health information technology policy and programs of the Department are coordinated with those of relevant executive branch agencies (including Federal commissions) with a goal of avoiding duplication of efforts and of helping to ensure that each agency undertakes health information technology activities primarily within the areas of its greatest expertise and technical capability;
`(F) to the extent permitted by law, coordinate outreach and consultation by the relevant executive branch agencies (including Federal commissions) with public and private parties of interest, including consumers, payers, employers, hospitals and other healthcare providers, physicians, community health centers, laboratories, vendors and other stakeholders;
`(G) advise the President regarding specific Federal health information technology programs; and
`(H) submit the reports described under paragraph (2).
`(2) REPORTS TO CONGRESS- The National Coordinator shall submit to Congress, on an annual basis, a report that describes--
`(A) specific steps that have been taken to facilitate the adoption of a nationwide system for the electronic exchange of health information;
`(B) barriers to the adoption of such a nationwide system; and
`(C) recommendations to achieve full implementation of such a nationwide system.
DIGITAL ANGEL:
The Digital Angel Corporation (AMEX:DOC) is a leading provider of sensor and communications technologies that enable secure and accurate identification, tracking, and condition monitoring of high-value mobile assets. The company’s products and systems are focused on providing answers to any combination of the following questions:
Who or what are you? Asset Identification Where are you? Asset Location Tracking How are you? Asset Condition Monitoring Do you need help or information?
Asset Messaging
Applications for the company’s products include: pet identification using its patented FDA-approved implantable microchips; livestock identification and tracking using visual and RFID ear tags; real-time tracking of fixed- and rotor-winged aircraft through its FAA-approved satellite-based flight tracking and messaging system; and wireless emergency location of military aircraft and watercraft. The company is organized into three business units.
Animal Identification and Tracking: Digital Angel Corporation is a leading supplier of visual and electronic solutions for identifying and tracking pets, livestock, fish, and wildlife. The company’s patented rice grain size implantable microchips coupled with its compact readers provide a secure and reliable means of pet identification. Over 1million pets in the U.S., and over 10 million in Europe are currently protected by these products. The company’s family of visual and RFID ear tags, tag readers and software—marketed under the highly regarded Fearing Duflex brand—provide accurate, economical solutions for identifying and tracking livestock through all stages of their life cycle. These products are well positioned to satisfying the growing need for increased accuracy and timeless of tracking information worldwide.
Aircraft Tracking and Messaging: The OuterLink business unit provides satellite-based systems that enable real-time flight tracking and two-way messaging for fixed-and rotor-winged aircraft used in law enforcement, air-ambulance, wildlife management and commercial fleet operations. The company’s systems routinely track aircraft operating in remote areas beyond the reach of conventional ground-based tracking systems. OuterLink´s Comm TrackTM communication center software allows multiple dispatch and management centers to monitor fleet activity simultaneously via the Internet. Tracking information is displayed on a personal computer in both text and graphical formats.
Emergency Search and Rescue UK-based division, Signature Industries, is a leading developer and manufacturer of search and rescue beacons (SARBE). The SARBE range of locator beacons is in Tri-Force military use, with the brand setting the standard for endurance and performance.
(August 11, 2005) FAA APROVES DIGITAL ANGEL´S NEW SATELLITE TRANSCEIVER - XCOMMPOINT 3 (CP3)
Digital Angel Corporation (AMEX:DOC), an advanced technology company in the field of rapid and accurate identification, location tracking, and condition monitoring of high-value assets, announced today that its OuterLink subsidiary has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its new satellite radio transceiver, called the CommPoint 3 (CP3) Satcom Data Terminal, that can track a wide variety of international commercial, military aircraft and ground vehicles in any weather condition, even when other traditional communication modes are disrupted. The CP3 is smaller, lighter and easier to install than its predecessor, the CP2, and, with models to be introduced in the fall, will allow OuterLink for the first time to address the international tracking marketplace.
"The FAA regulatory approval allows us to offer this product to both international commercial and military customers and utilizes advanced components to track vital equipment in locations and circumstances such as heavy storms or where aircraft are not trackable by radar," said Digital Angel CEO Kevin McGrath. "Because we will be able to address the international and military market, this new product has the potential to drive revenue increases which could be many times Outerlink´s existing revenue base."
(April 28, 2005)
DIGITAL ANGEL CORPORATION AND VERICHIP CORPORATION ANNOUNCE PLANS TO INITIATE CLINICAL STUDIES OF VERICHIP WITH BIO-THERMO (TEMPERATURE SENSING) CAPABILITIES
Digital Angel Corporation (Amex:DOC), an advanced technology company in the field of rapid and accurate identification location tracking, and condition monitoring of high-value assets and VeriChip Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Digital (Nasdaq: ADSX) today announced that the companies plan to initiate clinical studies on an enhanced version of its Verichip implantable radio frequency identification device. The enhanced product will include temperature sensing capabilities in addition to its existing identification capabilities. The companies will retain an independent internationally recognized research institute to conduct the trials. Based upon the results of that study, Digital Angel plans to pursue the necessary regulatory procedures to obtain clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to distribute such a transponder in the United States for human use. In October of 2004, Digital Angel received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to distribute a transponder for patient identification applications.
The Verichip with temperature sensing capabilities will allow a transponder to provide a unique identification code as well as to provide the temperature of the individual. Various potential customers have approached Digital Angel and Verichip about incorporating the temperature sensing capability into the Verichip.
A temperature sensing chip for animals (specifically companion pets) was introduced by Digital Angel under the Bio-Thermo mark in the United Kingdom at the end of 2004. Digital Angel has received the necessary regulatory approvals to market the Bio-Thermo chip for animal applications in the United States and plans to introduce the temperature-sensing chip for animal use in the third quarter of this year. The Bio-Thermo transponder for companion pets has also been introduced in Europe and Japan.
...A WORLD CHANGED BY 2012. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 507 United States 09/16/2005 07:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: SENATE BILL 1262: YOUR DIGITAL ANGEL high-value mobile assets
is this what we are now?
assets of whom? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 505 Canada 09/16/2005 08:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: SENATE BILL 1262: YOUR DIGITAL ANGEL Hillary elected will be the whore of Babylon |
Mr. B User ID: 2804 United States 11/21/2005 07:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: SENATE BILL 1262: YOUR DIGITAL ANGEL
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Its why I have been saying hillary will be president ever since. ( I vote constitutionalist) Dont like it but it seems to be what her political asperations are.
So I said it before and do again. F*CK Hillary. and Viva la Revolution ah yes and death to neo con nazis. |
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Titorite User ID: 42508 United States 11/21/2005 08:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: SENATE BILL 1262: YOUR DIGITAL ANGEL
Soverignty in the USA is dead and has been for a long time now PROVE ME WRONG. STOP PAYING INCOME TAX. Demand Accountablity over Diebold. Stop lying to yourself. If you think this pleasent electric tyranny has soverignty then your just as deluded as any other sheep. |