Working with a Legal Nurse Consultant
If you've never worked with a Legal Nurse Consultant, you might wonder, "How does this work?"
Our process starts with a meeting.
We meet with attorneys to discuss which of their medical cases are at an impasse
or require review by a medical expert to determine their viability.
Our team then follows this process to the extent required to provide our clients with a complete report.
CASE REVIEW
We perform a critical analysis of clinically-related issues in a variety of settings in the legal arena. We screen the medical records relevant to the case, defining the applicable standards of care to determine whether or not the case has merit. We advise on the nature and cause of injuries in relation to patient outcomes. In some instances, we might require additional medical records. In others, we might suggest an independent medical exam.
INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMS
Our legal nurse consultant services include coordinating and attending independent medical examinations. These independent medical examinations are performed by a physician but our legal nurse consultant is present to identify the reliability of the medical personnel in question, determining whether their actions are in accordance with or deviate from acceptable standards of care.
DEPOSITIONS
Osimo Consulting provides a wide range of services relative to depositions. Our legal nurse consultants will attend depositions to serve as a medical adviser as well as review, analyze, and summarize depositions. This includes review of past testimony. We assist in the preparation of deposition questions and work with your team to help prepare your witnesses and experts for deposition and trial.
At the end of our assessment:
We communicate our findings via succinct and comprehensive verbal and written reports,
which include a timeline of the case as appropriate.
We work with you to understand the medical records, the flow of the inner-workings of hospitals and long-term care facilities, and the standards of care and/or the scopes of the practice deviations or adherence.
You will know whether the case has merit through our analysis and evaluation of the facts and testimony related to the delivery of nursing and other healthcare services.
