Posts tagged injuries

• The Hawaii Pedestrian Crosswalk Safety Chronicles: Innovative Solution for Crosswalk Safety

  Wayne Parsons | May 06, 2009 2:39 PM | 7 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A primary mission of these articles is to promote safety and make Hawaii a safer place for all of us. Everyone in the Islands is concerned about crosswalk deaths and pedestrian injuries. I have come...

• Hawaii Boat Injuries To Crew: The Jones Act

  Wayne Parsons | April 25, 2009 4:17 PM | 3 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  When an employee on a ship is injured, the law that covers the injury is in the category of laws called admiralty or maritime law. A specific law passed by Congress that can be used for an injury...

• Medical Malpractice in Hawaii - Should The Hawaii Legislators Reward Doctors?

  Wayne Parsons | March 24, 2009 10:28 PM | 3 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  While the Hawaii legislature considers handing out a free pass for doctors to injure their patients through blatant mistakes and not have to pay for it, a recent survey shows that the medical...

• Tort Reform For Victims of Unsafe Medical Devices: Pass The Medical Device Safety Act of 2009

  Wayne Parsons | May 13, 2009 6:23 PM | 2 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Hearings began on Tuesday, May 12th before the Subcommittee on Health on H.R. 1346, The Medical Device Safety Act of 2009. I explain it below but before you go any further make sure to read the...

• AIG In Another Scandal Over Denying Health Care Claims For American Workers Injured In Afghanistan and Iraq

  Wayne Parsons | April 25, 2009 3:09 PM | 2 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) has recently said there were “serious deficiencies in the health coverage of civilian employees who have been injured while working overseas.” His outrage...

• Doctor Myth #2: They Are NOT Leaving The State Because of Malpractice

  Wayne Parsons | March 30, 2009 11:20 AM | 2 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Doctor flight a myth Jeff Raymond The Edmond Sun March 26, 2009 09:43 pm ­ Doctors fleeing Oklahoma is simply a myth. The number of doctors in our state is increasing rapidly despite...

• President of DePuy Orthopedics, David Floyd, has submitted his resignation

  Wayne Parsons | August 15, 2011 4:53 AM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  When I first learned of the DePuy ASR hip implant recall, I recognized it for what it was: an absolute calamity. One in 8 of these devices would fail, according to the recall statement. Who would...

• Through the Kid-Safe Chemicals Act we can give our children a safer and healthier future.

  Wayne Parsons | April 16, 2009 4:10 AM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Toxic Substances
  

  “Every day, consumers rely on household products that contain thousands of chemicals. The American public expects the federal government do all it can to ensure these chemicals are safe before...

• Judge dismisses Medtronic lawsuits, cites Supreme Court pre-emption case.

  Wayne Parsons | January 07, 2009 1:47 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  The Wall Street Journal (1/7, A2, Burton) reports, A federal judge threw out lawsuits on behalf of thousands of patients with heart-defibrillator wires that have been shown to fracture and dispatch...

• Spinal fusion dangers: Are injuries from bone growth-promoting INFUSE being under-reported?

  Wayne Parsons | August 08, 2011 4:43 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Medtronic manufactures an interesting new medical product called INFUSE used in spinal fusion procedures. For any doctor using INFUSE, or patient having the product used in their spinal fusion, the...