by MKC Medical | Sep 2, 2014 | Blog, Legal Nurse Consultant, LNC, Medical Conditions/Terminology Blog Series
By Debra West, RN, BSN, BSN, CCM A close, knowledgeable analysis of what is written in the medical records can provide critical information when determining whether an injury is acute. This can be a challenge to a non-medical observer, since medical terminology is...
by MKC Medical | Jul 1, 2014 | Blog, Legal Nurse Consulting
By Debra West, RN, BSN, CCM, LNC Medical records are often incomplete. Office notes, hospital records and even test results might be missing, leaving gaps in treatment. Yet, in order to have a clear picture of the claimant, the injury, medical treatment and diagnosis,...
by MKC Medical | May 11, 2014 | Blog, Legal Nurse Consultant, LNC, Medical Conditions/Terminology Blog Series, Uncategorized, WC
By Debra West, RN, BSN, CCM, LNC Legal nurse consultants frequently find that a claimant has delayed treatment. Sometimes the delay may be only days, but many times the delay extends into weeks or months after the injury. The problem Delayed treatment makes it...
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