Expertise
The Best 2019 Legal Nurse Podcasts
This is our most listened to podcast of 2019. #1: 325 Falls: Evaluation of Liability If you are a legal nurse consultant getting cases, chances are you have or will review a fall case. Falls can occur in homes, workplaces, outside, and in healthcare facilities – anywhere people walk, right? In this podcast I focus…
Read More349 Botched Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
I will tell you a story today about a man who went into the operating room for a simple procedure and then died a horrible death. Mr. King’s (not his real name) surgeon went to a weekend course and learned how to do a laparoscopic cholecystectomy on a pig. He enthusiastically returned to his practice…
Read More348 Occupational Health and LNCs Kim Alvis
Kim Alvis, is a certified occupational health nurse through the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses. She’s worked on many emergency responses, such as hurricane disasters, floods, and chemical plant fires. And she also works as an LNC and is working towards her certification as a legal nurse consultant. She works for the Center for…
Read More345 Substandard Charting or Fraudulent Charting
Is the charting merely substandard? The attorney tells you she has a suspicion that the medical record has fraudulent charting. She thinks the medical charting of healthcare providers may be incomplete, untimely, illegible, or incorrect. You know that substandard documentation may itself result in an untoward outcome for the patient and thus factor into a…
Read More344 The Ins and Outs of Colorectal Malpractice Dr. Stephen Cohen
Stephen Cohen is a board-certified colon and rectal surgeon, the first such person in Atlanta, Georgia. He is an innovator, a pioneer, and a pacesetter when it comes to innovative colorectal techniques. And in addition to having his medical degree, Dr. Cohen realized that medicine is big business and he got his MBA degree, as…
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