Robotic Surgery Injury And Death Rates Rising
November 24, 2013
The number of injuries and deaths in the United States as a result of robotic surgery has risen from 13.3 per 100,000 procedures in 2004 to approximately 50 per 100,000 procedures in 2012, according to a draft analysis by physicians at Rush University Medical Center, the University of Illinois, a[...]
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Drug Poisoning Is Leading Cause of Injury Deaths In U.S.
November 22, 2013
Drug poisoning deaths are now the leading cause of injury deaths in the United States, which have increased by more than 300% in the last 30 years, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The increase has been seen in both urban areas and in rural areas,[...]
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Missouri Veteran Receives $8.3M Settlement For VA Malpractice
November 21, 2013
A retired 43-year-old U.S. Army veteran and long-time postal worker from St. Louis, Missouri had a cardiac stent implanted at the John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri during February 2009, after he experienced chest pain. The stent was implanted by using a catheter inserted t[...]
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Hey, Where Did My Hospital Go?
November 20, 2013
You may have noticed that your local, independent hospital has either been taken over by a larger, regional health care system or has closed its doors altogether. The consolidation of hospitals in the United States is expected to increase in the coming years, especially influenced by the financ[...]
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Oregon Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Gynecologist
November 19, 2013
On November 14, 2013, a federal medical malpractice jury in Oregon found that a gynecologist negligently treated his patient by wrongfully removing her healthy ovary during robotic surgery for pelvic pain, and left a foreign object in her body after the surgical robot allegedly malfunctioned, whi[...]
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$4 Billion Defective Hip Implant Settlement Reached?
November 17, 2013
It was reported by Bloomberg on November 13, 2013 that Johnson & Johnson has reached a settlement in excess of $4 billion to resolve the more than 7,500 metal-on-metal hip implant lawsuits filed in both federal and state courts against Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. [...]
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U.S. Health Care Statistics
November 15, 2013
In 2011, U.S. health care employed 15.7% of the U.S. workforce (1 in 25 health care employees is a physician); U.S. health care expenditures were $2.7 trillion; and, there were approximately 800,000 physicians and 2,700,000 nurses in the U.S. From 1980 to 2011, U.S. health care expenditur[...]
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