Posts tagged negligence

• Medical Malpractice Expenditures Comprise Less Than 1 Percent Of Overall Health Costs

  Wayne Parsons | October 27, 2008 2:42 AM | 14 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  We hear a lot of propaganda from medical professionals, insurance companies and politicians who try to place the blame for America’s skyrocketing health care costs on the so-called medical...

• Obama makes case for healthcare reform in speech to doctors.

  Wayne Parsons | June 16, 2009 2:59 PM | 9 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  President Obama yesterday outlined his healthcare reform plans in a speech to the AMA in Chicago. The story was covered by all three network newscasts, though it took second billing to reports on...

• Obama Administration only supports medical error reporting for infections.

  Wayne Parsons | August 25, 2009 1:33 PM | 3 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Hearst Newspapers (8/24, Dunham) reported, While the White House acknowledges that hospital medical errors are 'a big and serious problem,' a senior administration official says President Barack...

• Hilo Motorcycle Death On Hawaii Belt Road Leads To Negligent Homicide Investigation

  Wayne Parsons | July 18, 2009 3:07 PM | 3 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  In another sad day on Hawaii roads Hilo resident Joseph Flood, Sr., died as he road his Harley Davidson motorcycle north on Hawaii Belt Road (Route 11). The call came into police at 11:55 A.M. on...

• Tort Reform Shows the Connection Between Big Insurance and the Republican Party

  Wayne Parsons | August 26, 2009 2:54 PM | 2 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Do you love your insurance company? I'm not talking about the friendly Agent who sold you the policy and sends you a pocket calendar on your birthday each year. I love my agent. He is a great guy....

• Reuters Reports That New Study Links Some Antibiotic Use With Cerebral Palsy

  Wayne Parsons | September 20, 2008 2:47 PM | 2 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In the past, mothers at risk for premature birth were sometimes administered antibiotics. It turns out that certain antibiotics may increase the risks of cerebral palsy as well as other potential...

• Suit says hospital staff wrongly declared infant dead

  Wayne Parsons | August 16, 2009 2:38 AM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The news story is pretty frightening. Incompetence comes to mind. The staff at a Charleston, South Carolina hospital informed them the parents of a baby born that the child died. Can you...

• New Study: 150,000 Deaths This Year From Medical Mistakes and Inadequate Care In Hospitals

  Wayne Parsons | October 28, 2008 6:28 AM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A non-profit organization, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), that monitors health care, has found that 57,000 Americans die each year because they do not receive adequate care...

• The Truth About Medical Negligence

  Wayne Parsons | October 27, 2008 3:05 AM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Proponents of civil justice restrictions have made limiting the amount a person can receive from a negligent health care provider when they are a victim of medical negligence a top priority. A...

• Cruise Ship Forum Selection Clauses - Redux

  Wayne Parsons | October 23, 2008 1:38 AM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  I recently posted about Forum Selection Clauses in cruise ship tickets. If you get hurt on a cruise ship through their negligence you will find out about these clauses. They dictate that you must...