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Role of Legal Nurse Consultants in Medico-Legal Lawsuits

https://www.lezdotechmed.com/blog/medical-record-review/how-legal-nurse-consultants-helps-attorneys-in-medical-litigation/<br>The complex medical terminologies can be made simple by the expert legal nurse consultant to understand the medical facts practically and effectively by a legal team.<br>

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Role of Legal Nurse Consultants in Medico-Legal Lawsuits

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  1. Role of Legal Nurse Consultants in Medico‐Legal Lawsuits Role of Legal Nurse Consultants in Medico‐Legal Lawsuits  https://www.lezdotechmed.com/blog/medical‐record‐review/how‐legal‐nurse‐consultants‐helps‐ attorneys‐in‐medical‐litigation/  The complex medical terminologies can be made simple by the expert legal nurse consultant to  understand the medical facts practically and effectively by a legal team.  Or  Do you know ‐ how legal nurse consultants can help attorneys in winning litigation?  legalnurseconsultant    Role of Legal Nurse Consultants in Medico‐Legal Lawsuits  https://www.lezdotechmed.com/blog/medical‐record‐review/how‐legal‐nurse‐consultants‐helps‐ attorneys‐in‐medical‐litigation/  A legal nurse consultant is a qualified practitioner in the nursing field who works as a legal advisor on  medical‐related litigations. Legal nurse consultants have functioned as collaborators and strategists in  various practice areas since the early 1980s. They support medically‐related litigations like personal injury,  mass tort, and medical malpractice. In such legal proceedings, a legal nurse consultant acts as a medical  expert, assisting lawyers in understanding medical technology and healthcare issues.  Legal nurse reviewers play a vital role during medical record reviewing process. It is a significant step in  litigations involving an injury or medical negligence. Let us check out the role played by legal nurse  consultants in helping attorneys.  Legal nurse consultants retrieve the relevant medical records required for the lawsuit. The medical  records may be segregated based on the healthcare facilities and healthcare providers. Any additional or  missing medical records would be identified during this step. The missing records, required for the lawsuit  may be requested, following the HIPAA guidelines.  The legal nurse consultant will sort and index the medical records after receiving the missing records. The  medical charts will be arranged in chronological order. Bates numbering the records would help in the  easy  identification  of  each  chart.  After  sorting  the  medical  records,  medical  record  review  will  be  conducted, which is the integral task of a legal nurse consultant. Being a medical expert, legal nurse  reviewers can quickly identify the medical records significant to the subject lawsuit. The critical evidence  in the medical records will be easily collected and presented in a systematic medical record review report.  This will help the attorneys to study the damages sustained by the claimant easily.  Legal nurse reviewers assist injury attorneys in determining the type of expert that is required for their  case. They help in locating a certified and knowledgeable medical professional to provide an opinion.  Apart from that, they also assist attorneys in preparing fact sheets for mass torts, pain and suffering charts  for injury lawsuits, etc.   

  2. Conclusion  Legal  nurse  consultants  are  only  professionals  in  clinical  medicine,  but  they  also  have  a  strong  understanding of the legal elements of treatment and the healthcare system. They form an integral part  of any medical record review outsourcing company. Being experts in the medical arena, they could easily  identify issues like medical record tampering and medical negligence.        legalnursereviewer   legalnurseconsultants   medicalrecordreview   medicalrecordreviewoutsourcingcompany   medicalchartreviewnurse   medicalchartreviewforlawfirms   

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