You found the breach. The nurse missed the assessment, the call to the physician came too late, and the documentation doesn’t add up. But the attorney is asking a different question: do the damages justify the case?
Before an attorney commits years of time and a six-figure investment in experts, they need to know whether the harm to the patient is serious enough, permanent enough, and provable enough to justify the effort. Many LNCs were never taught to answer that question. The ones who can become the LNCs attorneys call first.
Who This Toolkit Is For
- Newer LNCs who are confident in their clinical review but unsure how attorneys decide which cases to take
- Experienced LNCs who want their case screening and reports to carry more weight with attorneys
What You’ll Learn
- Why a breach isn’t enough. Some clear errors in care never become viable cases, and here’s why.
- How attorneys look at the cost of a case. Every case is a business decision, and the injury drives the value of the case, not the error.
- What makes an injury significant. Permanence and function count for more than how dramatic the chart looks.
- How to weigh your sources. Learn what the medical record, patient statements, diaries, and later treatment records each reveal, and what each one misses.
- How to handle contradictions. What to do when the patient’s account and the medical record don’t agree.
You’ll Also Discover
- Where to start when a new file lands on your desk
- Real examples of cases that looked promising on paper and fell apart when it came to the injury
- How to tell an attorney the damages don’t support a case, and earn their trust by doing it
The LNC who spots a weak case early saves the attorney time and money. Attorneys remember that.
The toolkit will be ready about one week after the program.
The Toolkit Includes
Here is what you will receive after the session concludes:
- Full video and audio recordings of the one-hour program with Pat Iyer and Barbara Levin
- Program slides
- The program script
- The Damages Screening Checklist, a tool to use before you invest hours in a breach analysis. It walks you through permanence, function, causation, future care, pre-existing conditions, and conflicts between the patient’s account and the record.
Investment: $37
Order the Toolkit here.
