by MKC Medical | Feb 13, 2015 | Health Care
By Traci Payne For anyone trying to understand a medical record or condition — including patients — it helps to take a look at definitions and how they’re applied: The American Chiropractic Association defines chiropractic this way: “Chiropractic is...
by MKC Medical | Jan 8, 2015 | Blog, Legal Nurse Consultant, Legal Nurse Consulting, LNC, Medical Conditions/Terminology Blog Series
By Danny Marshall RN, EMT-P, CLNC A definition of a mechanism of injury: Describes a particular set of circumstances that caused a given injury. An example: The mechanism of an injury from a car crash will often be described in terms of the speed, angle, and direction...
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...
by MKC Medical | Feb 5, 2014 | Best Practices, Blog, Case Management, Claims Tools, Legal Nurse Consultant, Legal Nurse Consulting
Need to really understand a claim? Then understand the Mechanism of Injury Understanding and accurately interpreting the Mechanism of Injury are essential to determining if an injury is directly related to an event or accident. Making sense of the facts Insurance...
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