by MKC Medical | Apr 8, 2015 | Blog
By Kari Williamson There is no truer axiom. It applies to virtually every aspect of life. If you are unaware of a situation or unsure about information, then you are unable to fully analyze or even completely question the issues at hand. This is doubly true when...
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 | Jun 12, 2014 | Blog, Case Management, Claims Tools, Legal Nurse Consulting
Strategies when English-as-a-Second-Language creates obstacles By Joyce Salyers, BSN, RN, LNC, CCM No hablo Ingles. не говорю по-английски. 난 영어 못해요. No matter what the language, “I don’t speak English” probably translates into higher costs and more time necessary to...
by MKC Medical | May 25, 2014 | Blog, Legal Nurse Consultant, LNC, Medical Conditions/Terminology Blog Series, Uncategorized
by Neely L. Cotten, MSN, ACNP-BC While I was watching the nightly news a few evenings back, I cringed. I watched as the manicured anchorwoman talked in depth of “two-type diabetes.” As a healthcare provider, her misuse of medical terminology sounded like fingernails...
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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