Services

Initial Case Review

Knowing the facts within the medical records will help you to understand the medical aspect, which will give you more time to better represent your client.

Merit Screens:

  • We will review the records to assist you in determining if you should continue with the case.  We will point out the strengths and weaknesses in the case.  We will point out potential defendants and experts.  We will let you know if there are any missing records.

Case Summary and Analysis:

  • We will assist you in your story telling of the case by providing a comprehensive review and analysis of the medical records.  It will include a narrative summary of the medical records; any pre-exisiting conditions; strengths and weaknesses in the case; summary of you client's diagnoses, treatment, testing, and procedures; identifying gaps in treatment; causation or prognosis; potential expert specialties to consider; explaining relevance of past medical history and co-morbidities; and explaining likely defenses.

 

Reviewing medical records can reveal:

  • crucial medical details the plantiff did not share with attorneys
  • tampering
  • incorrect dosage of medication or prescription drug abuse
  • inappropriate therapies
  • noncompliance
  • adherence to standards of care
  • inaccurate assessment of damages

Chronologies/Timelines

We will sift through the records to create a timeline of critical events.  The timeline can be a valuable guide for your expert since it contains only facts and documents where to find them in the medical record.

It will be table format or it can be customized to your needs.  It will inlcude:

  • date/time of facts
  • source of the records
  • key facts as they're recorded
  • comments by the LNC

 

Medical Research

We will save you and your staff time by doing the medical research for you.  We will provide fact-based research supporting your client's claims or weakens your opponent's case.  Let us summarize the medical literature you need to define any issues that support or negates your case.

Defense Medical Examinations

Let our experienced nurses attend the DME as your eyes and ears.  They will also provide support to your client.  You will receive a concise, detailed, and well-edited report from our nurse.  They will be valuable if they are needed in your case.  They can provide testimony about any discrepancies during the exam versus what the physician claimed.

Medical Expert Witness

We have a wide network of medical expert witnesses in all clinical specialties throughout the country.  They are board-certified physicians, nurses, physical/occupational/speech therapists, social workers, etc.  We will find you the right expert for your case. 

Our search is customized for your case.  Our experts are working clinicians so they are up to date on standards of care, clinical guidelines, evidence based practice, and state/federal regulations.

Medical Record Retrieval And Bookmarking

Let us take the burden from you and retrieve all of your necessary medical records.

Let us organize your medical records.  We can help free your staffs' time and decrease their stress by sending us the records.  We can turn the chaos into order with bookmarked, indexed files that will allow you and your medical experts to quickly review them.