Legal nurse consultants increasingly receive electronic health records (EHRs) for analysis. How do EHRs save money and lives? What specifically are the advantages of computer provider order entry? 1. Computer provider order entry saves money Having a provider (physician, nurse practitioner or physicians assistant use a computer to enter medication orders saves money. Drug-related errors […]
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Legal nurse consultants receive medical records from healthcare providers, either through working as an employee in a law firm, insurance company or being an independent consultant. If we want full certified records we trust that the facility will send them. The attorney relies on us to recognize if there is missing documentation. We don’t always […]
Read MoreNew York became the 18th state to no longer requireexperienced nurse practitioners to have a written practice service agreement with a physician. Experienced nurse practitioners (who have more than 3,600 hours of practice) will be able to be even more independent. Nurse practitioners’ expanding liability accompanies their expanding role. As patients receive insurance as a […]
Read MoreIn Part 1, I explained how you can spot substandard charting. Suspicious charting goes one step further to raise concern about the medical records. Substandard Charting or Fraudulent Charting Trouble: Detailed addenda Healthcare providers may feel compelled to write detailed addenda to the medical record after they learned a patient was injured or was considering […]
Read MoreThe attorney tells you she has a suspicion that the medical record has fraudulent charting. She thinks the medical documentation of healthcare providers may be incomplete, untimely, illegible, or incorrect. You know that substandard documentation may itself result in an untoward outcome for the patient and thus factor into a medical negligence suit. However, what […]
Read MoreLegal nurse consultants may detect tampering with medical records. What happens to healthcare providers who get caught? What are the altering medical records consequences? Shame and embarrassment Loss of reputation, shame, guilt, and being exposed as a wrong doer can all have a profound impact on the individual who altered medical records. It is terribly […]
Read MoreRed Flags for Tampering with Medical Records What are the red flag warning signs that someone may have been tampering with medical records? Be suspicious when: the result of the injury is not consistent with the documentation; the plaintiff’s complaints are consistent with the missing information; there is a delay in or an inability to […]
Read MoreAristotle is the father of these three terms of persuasion. The Greek terms may be unfamiliar to you, but I’ll bet you know these concepts by other names. Ethos, pathos and logos make up some of the most commonly used methods of persuasion. Are you using these concepts in your marketing? Ethos involves selling yourself. […]
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We became homeless on April 15, 2013. That day bombs exploded during the Boston Marathon. We won’t soon forget the images and stories of people affected – people who lost their limbs or lives. My husband and I were coming home from the airport on April 15. We were eating a late lunch in a […]
Read MoreFalls are common in healthcare settings. You can perform an invaluable service by screening a fall case for merit. A fall that results in injury – a fracture, head injury, or paralysis may present an appealing case to a plaintiff attorney. But some attorneys stop and think, “Is this really a good case? Should I […]
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