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Initial Case Review
Knowing the facts in the medical records can help you understand the medicine, better represent your client, and save you and your staff time and effort.
Merit Screens – Determining if a case has merit — before you start
Let us help you to decide if you should move forward with a case. We will point out:
- Strengths and weaknesses of the case
- “Landmines” to be aware of in the medical records
- Potential defendants
- Missing records early in the case
- Potential expert specialties to consider to review your case
Case Summary and Analysis
A comprehensive review and analysis of medical records in injury or illness cases is an integral part of what we do. You have a story to tell to the jury and having the facts and evidence substantiated by an OnPoint legal nurse consultant builds your credibility and achieves a better outcome.
Our analysis will include:
- List of records reviewed
- Narrative summary of the medical records
- Pre-existing conditions
- Assessing alleged damages or injuries
- Strengths and weaknesses of the case
- Alerts/”landmines” in the case
- Summary of your client’s diagnoses/treatment/ testing/procedures
- Identifying gaps in treatment
- Causation/Prognosis
- Missing records
- Potential expert specialties to consider retaining to review your case
- Explaining relevance of past medical history and co-morbidities
- Identifying potential defendants
- Explaining likely defenses
