Recent Posts in Medical Errors Category
Posted on Mar 16, 2012 By Michigan Medical Device Lawyer
The ongoing irony in this matter is that, technically, DePuy's actions and behavior relative to FDA and other regulatory protocols was legal. Questionable rules and unaddressed loopholes ...
Continue reading "The DePuy Artificial Hip Debacle: Part III - Time for Some Changes in FDA Rules" »
Posted on Mar 16, 2012 By Michigan Medical Device Lawyer
Setting aside the arguments regarding the merits of the 5,000 pending product liability claims against the company (which includes patients crippled by tiny particles of metallic debris shed by the ...
Continue reading "The DePuy Artificial Hip Debacle: Part II: What Was Johnson & Johnson Thinking?" »
Posted on Mar 16, 2012 By Michigan Medical Device Lawyer
When U.S. Food & Drug Administration regulations wouldn't let Johnson & Johnson's DePuy orthopedic division immediately market an innovative hip replacement device in the United ...
Continue reading "The DePuy Artificial Hip Debacle: Part I - The Facts" »
Posted on Jan 23, 2012 By Michigan Medical Malpractice Lawyer
A newly published study from Australia (and reported in the New York Times) advises that recent artificial hip and knee technology didn't perform any better than prior versions. The new technology ...
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Posted on Jan 19, 2012 By Michigan Medical Malpractice Lawyer
Has your vaginal mesh device failed you? Call us On January 4th, 2012 the FDA issued an order requiring manufacturers of implantable surgical mesh – used to treat urinary incontinence in women ...
Continue reading "FDA Tells Vaginal Mesh Implant Makers to Study the Risks" »
Posted on Jan 16, 2012 By Medical Error Attorney
Two recent studies raise critical questions about the frequency of serious hospital mistakes and the measures used to track them. Researchers affiliated with the Institute of Healthcare Improvement ...
Continue reading "33% of Hospital Patients Injured, 15,000 Die Monthly During Admission - But Who's Listening?" »
Posted on Jan 7, 2012 By Michigan Medical Malpractice Lawyer
An article published in The New York Times, "Study of Breast Biopsies Finds Surgery Used Too Extensively," by Denise Grady, discussed a study that found that too many women with abnormal ...
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Posted on Jan 4, 2012 By Michigan Medical Malpractice Lawyer
Did you know that only 21 states require medical offices where doctors perform surgery to be accredited or licensed? Offices that are accredited or licensed are required to have certain life-saving ...
Continue reading "Absent State Regulations, Some Doctors Use Their Offices to Moonlight as Cosmetic Surgeons, Risking Patients' Safety" »
Posted on Dec 31, 2011 By Medical Error Attorney
When physicians fail to communicate diagnostic test results, the number of lawsuits increases, as revealed by a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology and reported ...
Continue reading "Diagnostic Testing: What We (May) Have Here Is a Failure to Communicate" »