(LawPracticeCLE.com) Reading Medical Records: What You Need to Know Without “Googling” Every Term
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Medical Records can be daunting for any criminal attorney or investigator to review. The purpose of this CLE course is to assist attorneys in focusing their review of medical records and to focus on review of records that contain the information that both civil and criminal attorneys are commonly seeking. To make it relevant and interesting, the records included in this presentation follow an attempted murder case and highlight not only what is in the records but also what might be missing.
Highlights / Agenda
Discharge Summary
- Review of records that summarize the patient’s care while in the hospital
- Distinguishing between narrative reports
Surgery and Radiology
- How to read operative reports
- Where to find the information you need on XRay and CT Scan reports
Emergency Department Reports
- Review of the types of records and where to find critical information
- Brief review of labs
Medications and Orders
- When is a drug actually given and why orders can be confusing
Transport Records
- How to tell the difference between Pre-hospital (911 providers) and Interfacility transports and levels of care provided
- What information can be critical to your case
Speaker
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Ed BarleyForensic ToxicologistEd Barley is a retired Senior Criminalist who worked with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. He has been working in forensic sciences since 1991 and as a private consultant since 2012. Ed has worked with both prosecution and defense attorneys. He has a BS in Biochemistry from the California State University Long Beach and currently lives in the Los Angeles area. Through consulting and testimony, he has assisted attorneys in obtaining an honest and fair resolution in hundreds of criminal and civil cases.
