Can One Punch Kill? {Assault/Trauma}
A review of medications and medical history can play a critical role in any case with traumatic injuries.
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Medical Records Review: Abbreviations
The last thing I want to cover is abbreviations. Reading a doctor’s handwriting alone is hard enough, and it is so much harder if it’s filled with unknown abbreviations. It is literally impossible to understand…
Medical Records: Complications & Procedures
For more information on the hospital course, other documents to look for include: Operative reports: These are generated if the patient undergoes any surgeries, and a separate report will be generated for each operation. Look…
Medical Records Review: Emergency Dept.
When performing a medical records review, if you’re looking for a list of injuries, as you commonly are in criminal law, you will look at the emergency department (ED or ER) reports and/or the ambulance…
Medical Records: Where to Start
If you’re looking for the “story” of how the patient entered the hospital and what happened while he/she was there, go to the Discharge Summary (Caution: This is different than the Discharge Instructions, which are…
Last Chance to Register!
4 hours MCLE available for $125! Register now for our Medical Record Review workshop. May 9th Workshop (Orange County, CA) registration will close 4/15 at midnight. September 12th (Sacramento, CA) registration still open. Our intensive workshop on…
Medical Record Workshop Still Open
4 hours MCLE available for $125! Register now for our workshop. Our intensive workshop on medical records is designed to teach attorneys and investigators how to find what they need in the medical records and…
