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[24 Dec 2007 | No Comment | 9 views]

Medical Record Analysis
• Identify, locate, review and interpret relevant medical records, hospital policies and procedures, other documents and tangible items
• Organize, tab and paginate medical records for easy reference
• Prepare chronologies of the medical events involved in a case
• Summarize, translate and interpret medical records
• Identify issues of tampering with the medical records
• Screen medical malpractice cases for merit
• Identify, locate, summarize and interpret applicable standards of care
• Identify adherences to and deviations from these standards
• Identify causation issues, assess damages/injuries and identify contributing factors.
• Identify and recommend potential defendants
• Develop written reports for the attorney’s use as study tools

Case Support
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[24 Dec 2007 | No Comment | 6 views]

When an attorney takes on a medical-related lawsuit, the attorney is oftentimes confronted with enormous volumes of medical records which are crammed with esoteric terminology, inexplicable shorthand and indecipherable handwriting. Yet his client’s future depends on his/her understanding the records. The attorney must also be able to use the information to effectively support the case. This is why Legal Nurse Consultant services are one of the greatest additions to an attorney’s practice.
Medical cases can generate thousands of pages of records. Attorneys often admit that if they try to …

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[18 Dec 2007 | No Comment | 1 views]

According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, nationwide, women were 46.3 percent of all employed workers in 2006, and accounted for more than half of all workers within financial activities, education and health services and leisure and hospitality. However, they were underrepresented in construction, mining, manufacturing, and transportation and utilities-accounting for less than 1/3 of the workforce in each of these industries.

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[17 Dec 2007 | No Comment | 6 views]

Victoria Powell has earned the Legal Nurse Consultant Certified (LNCC) credential. By becoming an LNCC, Victoria has demonstrated not only a background in nursing, but also experience, education, and involvement in the specialty practice are of legal nurse consulting.
Administered by the American Legal Nurse Consultant Certification Board (ALNCCB), the LNCC program is a means of identifying professionals who have achieved defined levels of knowledge, experience, and education in the medical legal system. Certification is granted by examination to registered nurses with at least 2000 hours of current practice …