Medically-Based Enterprise Risk Management
Legal Nurse Consultants
Simplifying Complex Medical Information
The NMAS Group legal nurse consultants have been providing focused, cost-effective support for attorneys, employers and insurance carriers for more than fifteen years. Our team of registered nurses can help you to quickly and efficiently develop your medical cases.
What are the benefits of using NMAS Group Legal Nurse Consultants?
Efficiency: Our legal nurse consultants can quickly and accurately recognize, interpret and examine all the relevant medical information in your matter. Expert with medical terminology and medical records, we capably clarify complex medical information concerning diagnoses, procedures, medications, anatomy and physiology. We efficiently recognize important details contained within medical records, establish linkages, saving time you and your staff would otherwise spend struggling to review medical records. Our work products facilitate a focused, flexible analysis of chronological flow of facts, symptoms, encounters and diagnoses so that you have more time to focus on legal strategies.
Assurance: Our legal nurse consultants are registered nurses who have a broad range of diverse clinical specialties and experience in records review and analysis. We have proven proficiency in identifying key medically-related issues in a variety of cases. Specialized healthcare education and understanding of complicated medical information and documentation sets us apart from paralegals and legal assistants whose training is not medically-oriented. Highlighting potential strengths and weaknesses of claims and arguments assists in case strategy development.
Simplified Medical Information: Based on your specific needs in the matter at issue, our legal nurse consultants provide accurate work products (available in several formats including Word, WordPerfect, PDF, CaseMap) and medically-based support to highlight key facts:
- Medical records are chronologically organized by provider
- Medical records abstracts transform unwieldy, voluminous medical records into a searchable, chronological and legible electronic document
- Narrative chronologies delineate key events
- Tabular displays illustrate temporal appearance of symptoms and disease
- Timeline exhibits demonstrate key temporal relationships
- Deviations or adherence to standards of care are described
- Missing records from various custodians are identified
- Medication/drug/dietary supplement effects are described
- Complex medical information is interpreted and clarified
- Medical literature is concisely explained
- Exhibits highlight important information
- Deposition questions for claimants or opposing witnesses based on medical records data elicit key information
Electronic Records: We maintain an electronic copy of all medical records and other case documents. Our medical records abstracts identify specific pages of medical records facilitating rapid retrieval of source documents.
Network Of Experts: A large network of medical professionals is available to our legal nurse consultants. We can identify and vet pertinent expert medical professionals, including physicians, nurses and other disciplines.
For what types of cases can NMAS Group's Legal Nurse Consultants help me?
Consider using our nurses in any single-claimant or multi-claimant case that has a medical issue, including: worker's compensation, toxic tort, personal injury, nursing home litigation, medical negligence, medical malpractice, product liability, pharmaceutical litigation and wrongful death. Our nurses can help on any case where health, illness or injury is at issue.
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Legal Nurse Consultants
A division of the NMAS Group