Patent ID: 7683781

Claim:
A system for verifying patient identity, comprising: an identification badge to be worn by a patient, the identification badge comprising a machine readable wireless identification tag; the tag having a tag circuitry and containing identification information, the tag circuitry having processing circuitry and memory circuitry; a device having data input and output capacity, processing circuitry, memory circuitry and a first executable program for analysis of data transmitted from the tag; a machine readable wireless reader in data communication with the tag and the device; a signal display indicator disposed on the reader or the device, the signal display indicator operative to display a first signal in response to a command by the first executable program, the first signal indicative of a pending process, or verified or non-verified patient identity; a second executable program executable by the tag circuitry and operative to compare stored patient identification information transmitted to the tag with the identification information contained in the tag in order to determine whether the stored patient identification information transmitted to the tag matches the identification information contained in the tag; and a status indicator attached to the identification badge and in communication with the tag via the tag circuitry, the status indicator operative to present a first cue confirming positive or negative verification of the patient's identity.