Sometimes you shouldn't. Often the education and working experience of a nurse is equally valuable and possibly more appropriate to the evaluation of patient care, policy, and procedure. The majority of any medical record is written by nurses; who better to judge and interpret the contents?
Smart consumers budget wisely and pay the more reasonable fee for the LNCC and get the job done promptly. Pay the MD fees when you truly need their extensive education and diagnostic expertise.
The fact is, even the most experienced paralegals cannot find their way around a patient's chart as well as a nurse can. A tiny detail which an RN recognizes as a red flag is often missed by a reviewer without extensive healthcare training and experience. A certified Legal Nurse Consultant who is also certified as a Registered Health Information Administrator is uniquely qualified to be your best resource and the last word in obtaining your client's complete medical record.
Using a certified Legal Nurse Consultant is like working with a safety net. Be assured of no unpleasant surprises after you thought you had all the facts from the medical record.
The reality is, LNCCs are an innovative group and have been expanding duties over the past decade. RNhelp staff routinely perform such tasks as medical record review, creating a "plain English" presentation of a medical record for a jury, performing audits of every kind from fraud detection to claim denials, educating the legal profession about healthcare issues, assisting in deposition preparation and choosing expert witnesses, attending Independent Medical Exams and assessing potential malpractice and medical negligence cases for medical merit.
