However, the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center seems to be far ahead of the curve when it comes to preemptive precautions against any interference to medical devices caused by RFID tags; very few other medical centers have instituted any policies to protect from interference caused by these tags.
Dr. Richard O'Brien, an emergency physician at Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton, Penn., and the spokesperson for the American College of Emergency Physicians, believes that the policies at Beth Israel should be the standard for medical centers around the country.
"I believe the message is … that in the critical care environment, we have to have on site testing and follow international standards," O'Brien said.
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