Medical records can be defective. We know that as legal nurse consultants. The analysis of cases involving medical issues rests heavily on being able to extract meaningful information from medical records. Why are some electronic medical records inherently defective? Medical record software program defects One reason why medical records can be defective is an inadequate […]
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I learned a painful lesson which started with an email which was subtly worded: “I have been asked to locate an expert witness to review a case involving a woman who suffered from a sudden air embolism. I am helping the attorney who is handling the case. I would like to discuss retaining a nursing […]
Read MoreDo you subscribe to “If you didn’t chart it you didn’t do it”? Incomplete nursing records plague all types of settings and complicate nursing home defense strategies. Nursing homes are particularly vulnerable due to the low number of professional staff available to document. Nursing homes have many challenges, many of which directly affect the quality […]
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You are no longer in scrubs. Legal nurse consultants who want to use professional image tips when they market need to pay attention to clothing. How do you want to look? What professional image do you project? Here are tips for professional dressing. Take a hard look at the clothes in your closet Is your […]
Read MoreLet’s look at the following situation involving a nursing malpractice case: Facts of a Nursing Malpractice Case A 42-year-old is admitted to an orthopaedic unit after being found in a collapsed abandoned building. He was trapped and pinned under rubble for approximately 27 hours. He sustained a right femur fracture and was also diagnosed with […]
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Nursing homes are affected by many challenges, many of which directly affect the quality of care and allegations of nursing home negligence. Nursing home defense may center around the documentation. The challenges were highlighted by speakers at Preventing and Defending Long Term Care Litigation at The Conrad in Miami. Pat Iyer moderated a panel of […]
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How many ways can we use electronic monitoring to track nurses through technology? Attorneys and legal nurse consultants can tap a number of ways to determine who was doing what at what time. Nurses’ activities can be tracked with the advent of scanned badges, Pmnicell/Pyxis medication machines, telemetry and electronic medical records. Technology can provide […]
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Click on the image to enlarge. If you can tell me what it says, I will pat you on the back. Electronic medical records can confuse the analysis of a case. Scenario: Mrs. Smith sustained multiple trauma including a severe brain injury after a fall. She was minimally responsive and had severe contractures of all […]
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Business success preoccupies brilliant, wonderful, beautiful entrepreneurs with dreams to make a big footprint on the world. But making a big footprint isn’t what you have in common with an elephant. In fact, without changes, the elephant is far better equipped to make that big mark than most entrepreneurs will ever be. Why? Because of […]
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In the medical legal world, “if you didn’t chart it, you didn’t do it” engenders more fear in nurses than almost any other phrase as it is used to reiterate the importance of documentation. The phrase is also used to accuse nurses whose documentation is not complete. Incomplete documentation can dramatically affect a malpractice case. […]
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