Medical Records
How to Focus on the Needs of Your Attorney Audience
You have an opportunity to speak to an attorney audience. You want to make a great presentation. The surest way to add value to the attorney’s understanding of medical issues is to identify how you can use your expertise to help your attorney audience. Check out these tips: Speak to the needs of your audience.…
Read More7 Tips for Organizing Paper Medical Records
Following these tips will help make the job of organizing paper medical records easier. Use a consistent format One of the biggest tips in organizing medical records is to use a consistent format. It is easier to locate information when you develop a pattern of placing the same sections of the medical record in the…
Read MoreBrooks Ayers falsified medical records
Tampering with medical records is much more often the act of a healthcare professional desperate to hide the facts of a case. In a bizarre twist, Brooks Ayers falsified cancer records from a facility that never treated him. Who is he? For people like me who do not watch TV, Brooks Ayers is a guy…
Read MoreWhat happens when patients read their charts
Over five million patients reading their charts, particularly a primary care doctor’s notes – with identifiable benefits for patient safety. Beginning in 2010, more than 100 primary care physicians invited their patients to read their office notes through a secure website. Patients read their charts say Feeling more in control of their health Better prepared…
Read MoreIndex of Medical Records: A Key to Success
You are an expert witness or a legal nurse consultant who sends medical records to an expert witness. An up-to-date index of medical records is a key to success. It helps both the expert and the attorneys quickly determine which records an expert has received. How to create an index of medical records Avery produces…
Read MoreElectronic Health Records Safety part 1
Do you understand the issues around the implementation of an EHR within a healthcare organization or provider practice? They can profoundly affect patient safety through electronic health records safety. Informatics knowledge will position you for a greater understanding of the scope and breadth of potential electronic health records safety errors and risks associated with an…
Read MoreCopying and Pasting in Medical Records: How to Recognize It
As a legal nurse consultant, you are in an ideal position to detect copying and pasting in medical records. This is what you might see: A staff nurse copies the note she wrote the previous day. Or she copies the note written by the previous shift. The attending physician copies a progress note he wrote…
Read MoreHow to Organize Medical Records
Watch this for some practical tips for legal nurse consultants on organizing medical records.
Read MoreEmergency Department Medical Records Part 2
Legal nurse consultants play a vital role in helping attorneys understand medical records. Here are some of the things you may find in emergency department medical records. Read part 1 for more tips about emergency department medical records. What to look for in emergency department medical records • Was there a positive alcohol smell noted?…
Read MoreEmergency Department Medical Records Part 1
Use your legal nurse consulting skills to help attorneys understand emergency department medical records. Here are some of the details in emergency department medical records that affect personal injury cases. Analyzing emergency department medical records • Who first saw the patient? Usually a triage nurse will evaluate the patient before the patient is officially checked…
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