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27 Jun 2016, 6:30 am
By Jacob Lazarovic, MD, FAAFP Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Broadspire REVISITING SOME CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS TAKING OUR PULSE Practicing medicine, or making decisions about the appropriateness of treatment, and the presence and extent of disability, is not always a straightforward issue. [read post]
20 Jun 2016, 8:17 am
Depuy Orthopaedics and its parent company Johnson & Johnson filed their “motion to stay” on May 24, 2016. [read post]
20 Jun 2016, 6:16 am
A similar study published in the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics found that trampoline accidents resulted in 1 million emergency room visits during the same period. [read post]
14 Jun 2016, 8:54 am
According to the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society plantar fibroma is “a benign nodule that grows on the bottom of the foot and usually appears in the second through sixth decade of life. [read post]
8 Jun 2016, 8:00 am
A request by Depuy Orthopaedics Inc. to delay more trials concerning its Depuy Pinnacle hip implants is pending in the federal court in charge of thousands of cases against the company. [read post]
6 Jun 2016, 1:00 am
On Tuesday 7 June 2016 the Supreme Court will hear the appeal of Amoena (UK) Ltd v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs regarding whether mastectomy bras can be classified as a part or accessory to a breast form, or an orthopaedic appliance in order to be free from customs duty under the EU’s Combined Nomenclature of customs classifications. [read post]
24 May 2016, 12:00 pm
People with Depuy ASR hip components implanted in their bodies who did not undergo revision surgery did not “qualify” for the two settlements that have been reached in the Depuy ASR multidistrict litigation (DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., ASR Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2197). [read post]
18 May 2016, 7:28 am
Similarly, Stryker Orthopaedics recalled in July of 2012 its Rejuvenate and ABG II hip implant products after multiple reports of product failures due to heavy metal fretting and corrosion. [read post]
2 May 2016, 9:00 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), entered into a $750,000 settlement with a North Carolina orthopaedic clinic arising from the clinic’s disclosure of x-ray films and related protected health information of 17,300 patients to an entity that was engaged by the clinic to transfer x-ray images to electronic media. [read post]
22 Apr 2016, 12:51 pm
Utah July 13, 2015); In re DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 11:55 am
Raleigh Orthopaedic Update: @PogoWasRight was on the case back in 2013 when it originally happened. [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 10:07 am
OCR initiated its investigation of Raleigh Orthopaedic after receiving a breach report on April 30, 2013. [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 10:07 am
OCR initiated its investigation of Raleigh Orthopaedic after receiving a breach report on April 30, 2013. [read post]
20 Apr 2016, 6:10 am
Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic: Lack of a BAA results in a $750,000 fine. [read post]
15 Apr 2016, 12:38 pm
The most common things that distract people when walking include texting, playing games on mobile devices, listening to music, daydreaming/zoning out, and being involved in a conversation with others.In its 2015 Distracted Walking Study, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) looked at some of the perceptions and behaviors regarding pedestrian distractions. [read post]
12 Apr 2016, 11:28 am
J&J DePuy Pinnacle Hip Implant Failures Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics subsidiary continues to face thousands of lawsuits over their defective metal-on-metal Pinnacle hip replacement. [read post]
6 Apr 2016, 3:39 pm
J&J DePuy Pinnacle Hip Implant Failures Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics subsidiary continues to face thousands of lawsuits over their defective metal-on-metal Pinnacle hip replacement. [read post]
5 Apr 2016, 1:52 am
The rate of silicosis and silico-tuberculosis cases decreased by 24% and 27% respectively, pulmonary tuberculosis cases increased by 9%, noise induced hearing loss increased by 5%, coal workers’ pneumoconiosis cases decreased by 23%, asbestosis increased by 50% whilst other diseases (including HIV/AIDS-related diseases, psychiatric conditions, cardiovascular diseases and orthopaedic problems) decreased by 6%. [read post]
22 Mar 2016, 7:00 am
I’ve written about this case before (In re: DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. [read post]
21 Mar 2016, 7:54 am
Recently, a jury made a dramatic ruling in favor of five individual plaintiffs after a long consolidated trial about the defective Pinnacle Hip Implants manufactured by DePuy Orthopaedics and Johnson & Johnson have been awarded $502 million. [read post]
