Defective medical device cases lean heavily on intricate medical details. Therefore, to build strong cases, attorneys representing victims need to understand the contents of the relevant medical records. This is possible through a comprehensive medical chart review....
Lawyers handling personal injury lawsuits will have to scrutinize a number of medical records from the various healthcare providers who may have treated the injured person. These records are...
As cited at the government’s health and human services website, the U.S has reached a tipping point in adoption of EHR. HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius mentioned this when calling attention to the...
Identifying the components in the medical record is an important part of the medical record review process. The major components professional medical reviewers look for in a patient’s medical record...
According to medical liability experts, electronic medical records carry legal risks that can be avoided with sufficient care. Here are some safe practices physicians can follow and reduce any...
Even though many practitioners have implemented EHRs in their practices, the system is still not perfect as a study published in the March 14 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics...
You have a pile of medical records pertaining to a particular case and you need to extract the required relevant information to set about preparing the case. When undertaking medical record review,...
Attorneys involved in medical litigation may be increasingly receiving electronic medical records from hospitals for medical record review purpose. The entire medical chart or some parts of it may...
Any attorney involved in medical litigation will endorse the statement that medical record organization and indexing is a tough proposition. Cases including medical negligence and personal injury...
The nation’s administration is focused on formulating new medical privacy rules after coming under sharp criticism for the current regulations that offer quite inadequate privacy protection. With...
American Medical News recently carried an article that revealed how patients who communicate with doctors and access their medical records via online portals are more involved in their healthcare....
