Our Services

Our clients include attorneys (plaintiff and defense), Insurance companies, Healthcare
and Assisted Living (residential care) facilities, and Government agencies.
However, we also enjoy working with private cormpanies in developing quality
improvement, risk management, and control of loss exposure programs.
Finally, just as all professions have their practice specialities, we also work with other
CLNC® consultants, providing them with our expertise in critical care,
health care administration, and assisted living.

The types of cases that we work on include Medical and Nursing and Licensed Healthcare
Professional Malpractice Cases, General Personal Injury Cases, Products Liability Cases,
Toxic Torts and Environmental Cases, Workers' Compensation and Workplace Injury Cases,
Criminal Cases, or
Any Case Where Physical or Psychological Health, Illness or Injury is an issue.

 

Here is an overview of our Attorney Client Services:

Assess Medical Records and Analyze the Case from both a Plaintiff and Defense Perspective

  • Identify, locate, review and interpret relevant medical records, hospital policies and procedures, other essential documents and tangible items.
  • Organize, tab and paginate medical records for easy reference.
  • Summarize, translate and interpret medical records.
  • Prepare chronologies of the medical events involved in a case.
  • Screen cases for merit.
  • Identify, locate, summarize and interpret applicable standards of care.
  • Identify adherences to and deviations from the applicable standards of care.
  • Identify causation issues, assess damages/injuries and identify contributing factors.
  • Identify and recommend potential defendants.
  • Identify issues of tampering with the medical records.
  • Develop written reports for the attorney's use as study tools.

Support the Attorney's Case

  • Search and summarize medical and nursing literature and integrate results of your search into case analysis.
  • Analyze the validity of research studies relied on by all parties.
  • Coordinate and attend independent medical examinations.
  • Develop life care plans.
  • Expand the attorney's medical library.

Serve as the Attorney's Liaison

  • Interview plaintiff and defense clients, key witnesses and experts.
  • Consult with healthcare providers.
  • Meet with other consultants and service providers on the attorney's behalf.

Work with Experts and Other Witnesses

  • Identify, locate and interface with testifying experts needed for the case.
  • Communicate with appropriate expert witnesses for deposition and trial.
  • Analyze and compare testifying experts' reports and other work product.
  • Help prepare witnesses and experts for deposition and trial.
  • Serve as an expert witness and testify to the nursing standard of care.

Assist with Discovery and Prepare for Court

  • Prepare questions for deposition or trial examination (direct or cross).
  • Prepare interrogatories and requests for production.
  • Review and draft responses to various legal documents and correspondence for the attorney's signature.
  • Analyze and summarize depositions and past testimony.
  • Assist with exhibit preparation and other demonstrative evidence.
  • Attend courtroom proceedings when relevant.
  • Coordinate and assist in facilitating focus groups and mock trials.
  • Assist in resolution of cases through alternative dispute resolution, such as arbitration and mediation.

 

Here is an overview of our Non-Attorney Client Services

  • Develop Policies and Procedures based upon current Standards of Care.
  • Develop Continuous Quality Improvement Programs.
  • Evaluate Risk Management and Loss Control and Prevention Programs.
  • Develop and Evaluate Personnel Orientation, Education and Training Curriculum.
  • Develop and Evaluate Personal Services Contracts for Scope of Work.