Attorney Liaison
- Interview plaintiff and defense clients, key witnesses and experts
- Consult with healthcare providers
- Serve as liaison between the attorney and healthcare providers, testifying experts, parties, witnesses and other consultants
Assess Medical Records and Analyze Cases
- Identify and review relevant medical records, hospital policies and procedures, other essential documents and tangible items
- Organize, tab and paginate medical records
- Summarize, translate and interpret medical records
- Prepare chronologies of medical events involved in a case
- Screen or investigate cases for merit
- Define the applicable standards of care
- Define deviations from, and adherences to the applicable standards of care
- Assess the alleged damages and/or injuries
- Identify factors that caused or contributed to the alleged damages and/or injuries
- Identify and recommend potential defendants
- Identify issues of tampering with the medical records
- Develop written reports for use as study tools by the attorney
Support Attorney Cases
- Conduct literature searches and integrate the literature and standards/guidelines into the case analysis
- Research and analyze the validity of research studies relied on by all parties
- Coordinate and attend independent medical examinations (IMEs)
Experts and Other Witnesses
- Locate and interface with expert witnesses
- Communicate with potential testifying experts
- Analyze and compare expert witness reports and other work products
- Help prepare witnesses and experts for deposition and trial
- Serve as an expert witness and testify to the nursing standard of care
