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Professional Services Available
- Interviews
- Phone interview and in-house interviews (if local) of new or potential clients, defendants and/or witnesses
- Case Reviews
- Screen, evaluate and advise on merits of a case (click here for sample)
- Records
- Obtain medical records or other pertinent records
- Identify sources of records
- Viewing of medical records at facilities
- Preparation of medical records (organize, paginate, index)
- Review, analyze, summarize medical records for any type of medical case
- Create case specific reports/chronologies/charts/pain & suffering reports
click here for samples of :
Short Report, Narrative Report, Comprehensive Report, Pain & Suffering Report
- Research
- Research and integrate medical and nursing literature as it related to the medical facts and issues of a case
- Conduct research on standard of care, causation and long term damages
- Research articles, publications or book chapters authored by plaintiff or defense experts
- Searches:
- Research medical issues or standards that apply to a specific time frame
- Follow-up with references listed in bibliographies of articles
- Research ongoing medical conditions and damages so see if they are connected in the literature
- Research health care professional's credentials
- Background information, certifications, licensure dates, sanctions or disciplinary actions taken against providers
- Standard of Care
- Identify and obtain standards of care that apply to your case
- Identify deviations/compliance to standards of care
- Identify
- Potential defendants
- Potential witnesses
- Documents to request
- Theories of liability
- Strengths/weaknesses of the case
- Medical issues to be discussed with appropriate experts or treating physicians
- Facts in the medical record that supports or refutes your position
- Inconsistencies between patient complaints, findings and mechanism of injury
- Policies, procedures and/or protocols
- Identify and review pertinent policies, procedures and/or protocols
- Experts
- Prepare file for expert review
- Prepare letter to experts
- Identify, locate and confer with expert witnesses
- Prepare/advise/educate attorney
- On medical issues of the case
- Understanding of injuries/damages
- For and during legal proceedings
- Assist attorney in making informed decisions regarding continuing or discontinuing with a case
- Independent Medical Exams (click for "IME" article)
- Prepare client for exam
- Provide IME physician with pertinent records, x-rays, etc.
- Accompany client to IME to observe the exam and be your client's advocate in your absence
- Provide a time line and verbal or written report of exam to include all activities, testing, questioning and examination
- Review, analyze and summarize IME reports
- Compare and contrast IME report with medical records and treating physician reports
- Testify as rebuttal fact witness regarding observations if needed
- Provide support during various stages of legal proceedings, including:
- Discovery (see above areas which apply to specific cases)
- Depositions
- Assist in preparing deposition questions
- Assist in preparing for depositions of health care professionals
- Attend depositions
- Review, analyze, summarize depositions associated with the case
- Trial
- Assist in preparation of medical documentary evidence; exhibits; experts; and/or attend and assist at trial
- Other legal proceeding- mediations, arbitration, medical-legal panel
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Sharon Scott & Associates, Legal Nurse Consultants
888-732-7779 505-898-5854 sharonscottrn@comcast.net |
