Nearly 15,000–19,000 medical malpractice lawsuits are filed every year in the United States, and about 250,000 people die annually as a result of medical errors. This makes medical mistakes a leading public health concern. In today’s increasingly complex healthcare...
The delay in reviewing social security disability cases is a great concern for people waiting to obtain their disability compensation so that they can pay for basic needs. However, this recent news...
Medical record review is in most cases highly challenging and error prone if not done meticulously. Managed Outsource Solutions (MOS) proved its mettle in this regard by undertaking and successfully...
Electronic medical records were introduced primarily to reduce administrative burdens and cut costs and at the same time reduce medical errors and improve the quality of care. Healthcare providers...
Personal injury lawsuits are of different types and pelvic mesh lawsuits are very much in the limelight now with thousands of women in the US being injured from the implantation of pelvic meshes....
People facing federal criminal charges often plead not guilty by reason of insanity. Take the recently highlighted instance of 45-year-old SujathaGuduru who shot and killed her 17-year-old daughter...
In a workers' compensation case both employee and employer are responsible for exchanging the medical records in their possession for review and analysis. This is very significant from the point of...
Documentation in the medical record is important not only from the viewpoint of appropriate provision of care, but also from that of personal injury litigation. Take the case of patients in a...
Physician-patient relationship and attorney-client relationship are unique in that extremely personal and sensitive information is often exchanged with a commitment to safeguard its confidentiality....
The U.S. Social Security program is celebrating its 75th anniversary. The first check was sent out on January 31, 1940 to Ida May Fuller and the amount was $22.54. The program has constantly been...
This is the era of electronic health records that are being increasingly adopted taking into consideration their ease of use and capability to ensure superior care co-ordination. For purposes such...
