Medical Records
Medical Records: 10 Top Uses
Medical records have varied uses. LNCs are familiar with their role in evaluating liability, causation and/or damages. There are 10 other uses. Various state and federal laws require that certain events, such as births and deaths, as well as certain diseases, be reported to public health agencies. Written medical record information facilitates compliance with these…
Read MoreMedical Records: Top 12 Uses
The medical record serves many purposes, including its role in evaluating a potential or actual case. Medical Records – top uses 1. Written documentation provides historical data that could be used for diagnosing the patient’s current medical episode as well as future medical events. Accurate medical information about previous health conditions, allergies, treatments, and outcomes…
Read MoreBreaking Down the Nursing Home Chart
Nurses without long-term care experience may be very hesitant to review one of these cases due to their lack of knowledge of these industry specific records. Once you understand where important information is located within a nursing home chart you can use them to create your analysis of the matter. Minimum Data Set in a…
Read MoreWound treatment 101
Legal nurse consultants will encounter many medical records that detail types of wound treatment. Hyperbaric oxygenation, negative pressure wound therapy, surgical closure, debridement, and topical dressings are all treatment options for wounds. A combination of these modalities may be utilized to treat a wound. Virtually all wound treatment regimens incorporate the utilization of a topical…
Read MoreMedical record analysis with multiple computer monitors: tips for efficiency
Attorneys and legal nurse consultants are increasingly performing medical records analysis using multiple monitors and Adobe Acrobat. Advantages of multiple monitors for medical records analysis 1. Multiple monitors make you more efficient. Time is money. Multiple monitors increase your speed which therefore increases the amount of work product that you turn out which therefore increases…
Read MoreThe gold in nurses’ notes
Attorneys, legal nurse consultants and experts carefully examine nursing notes. Here are 4 top reasons to do so. 1. Comprehension: Nursing documentation is often the key to understanding the events that spawn a nursing or medical malpractice claim. The medical record can refute or support the plaintiff’s or defendant’s version of events. 2. Screen cases:…
Read MoreMedical Damages
Here are some of the medical details the attorney needs to establish damages in a personal injury or medical malpractice case. The legal nurse consultant can be an effective ally in ferreting out details of damages. 1. Is there an incident report, if the injury occurred as a result of an event? Although it may…
Read MoreAdobe Acrobat versus Adobe Reader: What is the Difference?
What is a PDF? A PDF stands for Portable Document Format. It is a distribution file or format that a software company called Adobe developed. It allows the transfer of electronic information between various types of computers such as Macintosh and a PC. Adobe Reader is the name of the software developed by Adobe to…
Read MoreWhy Should You Create PDFs?
Most of us have viewed PDF (Portable Document Format) files online at some point, but there are many reasons you might want to create PDF files for yourself. Here are some of the advantages of the PDF file format: • PDF files can be viewed by anyone with an internet connection. Unlike Microsoft Word or…
Read MoreReviewing Medical Records on CD or Paper – Which is Better?
9 Advantages of Reviewing Medical Records Using Adobe Acrobat This blog post refers to using a computer monitor and Adobe Acrobat to review medical records that have been saved as PDFs. 1. It’s more cost effective. Consider the costs of a copier, a scanner, toner, paper, postage, and maintenance of a copier machine, compared to…
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