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Artificial Inteligence
Business skills
- Best Tech Upgrades to Help Healthcare Workers During COVID-19
- The Not-to-Do Lists
- Workplace Conflict: Some Surprising Benefits of Office Friction
- 8 Technology Tips for Attorneys
- 10 Tips for Managing Worry and Uncertainty
- On Making Mistakes
- Getting it Done by Guest Author Natalie Gahrmann
- 14 LinkedIn Tips for a Law Firm
- Forging a Partnership with Clients
- Getting New Clients and Food: Not a Perfect Match
- Create Success on Your Own Terms
- How to Detect Lies From Impressions and Expressions When Negotiating
- Arrogance Can Add Zeal to Negotiations
- Fill that Pipeline Now by Guest Author Caryn Kopp
- Coping with a Job You Hate
- Being Prepared for Objections
- 5 1/2 Ways to Possibly Solicit Cooperation When Negotiating
- No Sale Left Unturned: Clean Up at Trade Shows
- What Presenters Can Learn from Dancing with the Stars by Guest Author Stephanie Scotti
- Managing Change and Uncertainty by Natalie Gahrmann
- The Importance of Saying “NO”
- 4 More Tips to Boost Sales by Guest Author Caryn Kopp
- Presentation v. Conversation: Overcoming Nerves as Easy as Shift in View
- The Healing Powers of Blogging
- Why Should You Create PDFs?
- Use Symbols Intelligently When Negotiating
- Top 12 Negotiating Tips Part 3
- Top 12 Negotiation Tips Part 2
- Top 12 Negotiating Tips Part 1
- What are the 8 Top Uses of Expert Witness Reports?
- Top 10 Sources of Fresh Content for Your Blog Posts
- Three Techniques Guaranteed to Engage Your Audience
- Focus on Filling Your Pipeline with New Business in December
- Websites Are Important: How Do You Go About Making One?
- Negotiation Tips: Negativity in a Negotiation Can Be Positive
- How to Get More Business by Guest Author Caryn Kopp
- A Model for Understanding Product Development: How Can You Improve?
- Negotiate with Confidence, Not Cockiness by Guest Author Greg Williams
- Holding a Leadership Role Proves to be Very Stressful
- Strengthen Your Negotiation Skills by Properly Using Leverage
- Reduce Draining Mental Stress by Guest Author Natalie Gahrmann
- How to Boost Sales Within Your Company by Guest Author Caryn Kopp
- Managing the Stress of Change
- Negotiation Tips: Know the Importance of a Handshake
- The Top Ten Tips for Having Better Time Mangement
- Cultural Competence: A Skill All Attorneys Should Have
- The True Irony of Maintaining a Work-Life Balance
- To Strengthen Negotiation Skills… Consider Ethnicity and Gender
- Negotiate Successfully: Matching Offers to Perceived Value
- Tips and Tricks on How to Break Down Procrastination Habits
CMS never events
- Skilled Nursing Facility 5 – Claim Probe and Educate Review
- Fatal Blood Clots from Medical Care: Pulmonary Embolus
- Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Patient Surgery
- Patient Identification: The Need to be 100% Accurate
- Retained Objects After Surgery
- Quality of Care: How Does Your Hospital Measure Up?
- Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs): Deadly Complications
- Infections in Hospitals: Barriers to Prevention
- Top 12 Patient Fall Allegations
- Is there Actual Government Interest in Medical Error?
- Navigating the Slippery Legal Slope of Inpatient Falls
- Plaintiff Winner: Dropped a Patient During Transfer
- Nonhealing Pressure Sores
- Never Events Within the Medical Malpractice Area
- Plaintiff Winner: Wrong Patient/Wrong Site Surgery
- Litigation Related to Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT)
- New NJ Bill Mandates Reporting of Medical Errors
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) on Phones
Communication skills
- Medical Malpractice Due to Communication Breakdowns in Healthcare System
- Language Barriers and Medical Malpractice
- SBAR Made Easy
- 5 Patient Rights: Part 2
- 5 Patient Rights: Part 1
- Ambulatory Care: Communication Challenges
- Failure to Communicate in Hospital
- Negotiate to Win Using Risk Reversal Strategies
- What is a Defining Moment?
- Lack of Communication May Mean Medical Liability
- Who’s At Fault for Poor Communication in Healthcare?
- Generations and Medical Malpractice Part One
- The Importance of Having a Good First Impression
- Bad Behavior Among Doctors and Nurses: Alarming Patient Safety Issue
- 7 Essential Interview Tips for Legal Nurse Consultants
- Hospitals and Physicians: An Uneasy Healthcare Alliance
- Doctors and Nurses in Conflict
- Lessons for Attorneys: Same Day Surgery Nursing Malpractice
- Lessons for Attorneys: The Important Role of the Telephone Triage Nurse
- 25 Strategies for Conflict Resolution
- Group Behavior and the Effect It Has on Jurors
- Evasive answers during deposition
- Nursing Documentation: If You Didn’t Chart, It You Didn’t Do It
- Mediation Within Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Shortens Litigation Process
- The Crucial Role Nurses Play as a Patient Advocate
- How Confident Are You? By Guest Author Natalie Gahrmann
- Nurse Violates Confidentiality on Facebook
- Should a Nurse go to Prison for Reporting Concerns about a Physician?
- The Eyes Have it: Confidence, Credibility, Connection
- How is the Economy affecting Jurors?
- Why do trial lawyers tell stories?
- Patient Safety: Why is it Important to Nurses & Nursing Malpractice
COVID-19
- Stephen-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) Induced by Carbamazepine
- Bariatric Surgeon Expert Witness Retained
- Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Expert Witness Retained
- Physician’s Assistant Expert Witness Retained
- Correctional Nurse Expert Witness Retained
- ER Nurse Expert Witness Retained
- Orthopedic Nurse Expert Witness Retained
- Pediatric Nurse Expert Witness Retained
- Pain Management Expert Witness Retained
- A Telemetry Nurse Expert Witness Retained
- Medical Billing Expert Witness
- Post Anesthesia Care Unit Nurse Expert Witness (PACU) Retained on a Myocardial Infraction Case
- Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse Expert Witness Retained
- Med League Nurse Expert Staying Focused and Committed to Patient Care during COVID-19
- Balance Billing Surprises After a Motor Vehicle Accident
- Nursing Home Nurse Expert Witness Retained
- Don’t Miss Med League at This Year’s AAJ Annual Convention in Boston at Booth #119!
- Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome (TASS)
Criminal
- Incapacitated Sexual Assault of College Students: Sexual Assault Nurse Expert (SANE)
- Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy: Lacey Spears
- Infant Abduction: Prevention
- Infant Abduction: An Unthinkable Crime
- Domestic Violence Consequences: Part 2
- Domestic Violence Consequences: Part 1
- Child Abuse: Accidental or Deliberate?
- Sexual Assault of Elderly Woman Prevented by a Nurse
- How Does the 911 System Work?
- How a Legal Nurse Consultant Uses Technology to Investigate a Shooting
- Healthcare Fraud: Shaking the Foundations
- Dying for a Big Butt
- How Medical Fraud Can Hurt You
- Stop Workplace Violence Against Nurses
- Music and the Law: Part 1
- Medical Mafia and Howard Awand
- Plaintiff Winner: Sexual Assault in a Nursing Home
- Salmonella: What Does it Have to Do With Eggs and Why is it Dangerous?
Damages
- Cervical Cancer Misdiagnosis Cases – Attorneys We can help!
- Ophthalmologist Surgeon Expert Witness Retained on a Cataract Surgery gone wrong case
- Which one is better – Medical Cost Projection OR Life Care Plan?
- CAMP LEJEUNE WATER CONTAMINATION AND EXPERT WITNESS
- Nursing Home Nurse Expert Witness Retained
- Nurse Practitioner Hospitalist Expert Witness Retained
- Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
- Energy Drink Slammed with Wrongful Death Suit
- Causes of Glaucoma Related Medical Malpractice Suits
- Robotic Surgery Malpractice and Liability
- Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) and Venous Thromboembolism
- Liability for a Fall Due to Sudden Loss of Consciousness
- Suicidal Depression: The Sad Legacy of Robin Williams
- Patient Falls: The Critical Role of Post Fall Assessment in a Head Injury
- Children’s Hospital Oakland Hospital Sued Over Little Girl’s Death
- Pain and Suffering Award to Woman Run Over by Bus
- Diagnosis of Alcoholism
- Is the Patient an Alcoholic?
- Brain Dead: Jahi McMath’s Story Raises Troubling Issues
- Opioid Use Soars and Risks Increase
- Panic Attack: An Element of Damages
- Post Intensive Care Syndrome and ICU Psychosis
- The Glasgow Coma Score and Pain
- Josie’s Story: Do You See What I See?
- Battling AIDS
- A New Cancer after Cancer Treatments
- Is an IME Doctor Who Injures a Patient Negligent?
- The Role of Independent Medical Exam (IME)
- Intravenous Catheter-Associated Blood Stream Infections
- How Physical Therapists Chart
- Pap Testing for Cervical Cancer Has Changed
- Pain and Suffering Report for a Cancer Victim: Part 3
- Pain and Suffering Report for a Cancer Victim: Part 2
- Pain and Suffering Report for a Cancer Victim: Part 1
- Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: The Only Preventable Cause of Dementia
- Do 44,000-98,000 People Really Die Each Year From Medical Errors?
- Medical Records are Crucial to Evaluate a Medical Malpractice Claim
- What is Compartment Syndrome?
- Speaking up: Breaking Sterility
- Patient Controlled Analgesia Pumps: 4 Sources of Dangers Part 1
- Top 10 Damages to Medical Details
- It’s Not Just a Concussion…
- Delay in Diagnosis of Cancer: The Impact on the Patient
- Fall From Truck Stocking Airplane
- Pain and Suffering Report: Paralyzed by a Tree Hitting Car
- Nursing Home Slip and Falls: Risk Factors
- Bed entrapment: killed by the side rails
- Wrong Wound Care Treatment: Legal Risks
- Pressure Ulcer Staging: Deep Tissue Injury
- Are Skin Changes at End of Life Preventable?
- Pressure Sores and Damages
- Psychiatrist Beaten By Patient at Hospital
- What are the Signs that it is Bladder Cancer?
- How Many People Have a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)?
- When it Comes to Head Injuries, What is the Standard of Care?
- What are the Different Types of Brain Injuries You Can Endure?
- Traumatic Brain Injury: How it Affects the Function of Each Lobe
- Osteomyelitis: Why It’s Not Just a Blister…
- Attorney Claims No Pain and Suffering, Medical Record Proves Otherwise
- The Dangers and Long-Term Effects of a Concussion
- Prescription drug overdoses on the rise in U.S.
- Common Medication Errors of Pharmacy Technicians
- Debridement: A Painful but Necessary Treatment for Patients
- The Pain Score: How Does it Get Measured in a Hospital Setting?
- Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Orders in Hospitals Explained
- The Real Outcome and Importance of Patient Safety
- Physical Therapists Hold a Vital Role in a Patient’s Recovery
- What is the Fifth Element in a Medical Malpractice Case?
- 2010 National Patient Safety Goals
- Feelings of Hopelessness and Depression Increases Risk of Stroke
- Michael Jackson: A Demerol Death?
- Paintballs can cause ‘devastating’ eye injuries
- Study links Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to higher risk of heart disease in women
Decubitus ulcers
Emergency Medicine
- Addiction and Substance Abuse Nurse Expert Retained
- ICD 10: The Coding Earthquake
- Good Samaritan Laws
- The Golden Hour and Medical Records
- High Blood Pressure and Stroke: Medical Malpractice?
- Medical Errors in the Emergency Department
- Emergency Department Outcomes: Good People, Bad Outcomes
- Should an Emergency Department Physician go to the ED as a Patient?
- Are Patients Dying from Ineffective Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation?
- Emergency Department Waiting Time
- ECMO and AutoPulse: Bringing People Back from the Dead; Fact or Fiction?
- Triage in the Emergency Department Infographic
- Motorcyclists are Getting Older and More Injured
- Heart Attack: What are Your Odds of Surviving? It Depends
- How to Reconstruct the Timing of a 911 Call
- When a Patient Walks Out of the Emergency Department
- The Emergency Department: When Nowhere Else Will Do
- Rescue Squad Members Not Covered by Immunity Statute
- Top 10 Tips for Attorneys Analyzing Emergency Department Records: Part 2
- Top 10 Tips for Attorneys Analyzing Emergency Department Records: Part 1
- Failure to Rescue Can Cost a Patient’s Life
Employment law
Expert witness
- Psychiatry Expert Witness: The Role of Mental Health Expertise in Legal Proceedings
- The Key Aspects of a Diagnostic Radiology Expert Witness
- The Key Aspects of a Neurology Expert Witness
- The Critical Role of a Medical Devices Expert Witness
- The Role of an Orthopedic Expert Witness
- The Role and Key Aspects of an Ophthalmology Expert Witness
- The Essential Role of a Home Healthcare Expert Witness in Medical Malpractice Cases
- The Role and Key Aspects of a Podiatry Expert Witness
- The Role and Key Aspects of an Assisted Living Expert Witness
- The Role of an Otolaryngologist Expert Witness
- The Role of a Maternal Fetal Medicine Expert Witness
- The Critical Role of an Urgent Care Expert Witness in Litigation
- The Critical Role of a General Surgery Expert Witness in Modern Litigation
- The Critical Role of a SANE Nurse Expert Witness in Modern Healthcare and Legal Proceedings
- The Role and Responsibilities of a Critical Care Physician Expert Witness
- How a Pain and Suffering Report Can Be Useful in a MVA Lawsuit
- How a Medical Summary Can Be Beneficial for Attorneys
- How Demonstrative Exhibits Can Elevate an Attorney’s Case
- The Strategic Advantage of a Medical Chronology for Attorneys
- The Role of Well Qualified Neonatal Nurse Expert Witness
- Inside the Role of an Emergency Medicine Expert Witness
- Key Aspects of an Orthopedic Surgery Expert Witness
- Key Aspects of a Medical Billing Review Expert Witness
- The Role and Aspects of an Assisted Living Expert Witness
- Key Aspects of a Hospital Nurse Expert Witness
- The Role of a Nursing Home Administrator Expert Witness
- The Key Aspects of an Effective Nephrology Expert Witness
- The Aspects of Utilizing a Geriatric Psychiatry Expert Witness in a Medical Malpractice or Personal Injury Lawsuit
- Aspects of a Geriatrics Expert Witness
- Home Healthcare Nurse Expert Witness
- The Key Aspects of an Addiction Expert Witness
- The Key Aspects of an Infectious Disease Expert Witness
- How a Legal Nurse Consultant Can Be Helpful Throughout a Lawsuit
- How an Occupational Medicine Expert Witness Can Strengthen a Personal Injury Lawsuit
- The Key Aspects of a Dentist Expert Witness in Litigation
- The Critical Role and Key Aspects of a Neonatal Expert Witness
- The Critical Role of an ICE Detention Center Expert Witness in Litigation
- How Demonstrative Exhibits Strengthen a Personal Injury Case
- The Aspects of a Pain and Suffering Expert Witness in a Personal Injury Lawsuit
- The Role and Importance of an Immunology Expert Witness in Legal Proceedings
- The Power of Demonstrative Evidence Consulting in Litigation
- What Is an IME? Understanding an Independent Medical Examination with a Qualified Physician
- The Critical Role of a Medical Billing Review in Legal Cases
- What Is a Medical Merit Review by a Legal Nurse Consultant—and Why It Matters
- What to Look for in a Well-Qualified Medical Expert Witness
- Aspects of an Orthopedic Nurse Expert Witness in Personal Injury Litigation
- The Vital Role of a Group Home Nurse Expert Witness in Legal Cases
- Understanding the Role and Aspects of a Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP)
- The Importance of a Home Health Care Expert Witness in Elder Care Litigation
- The Role of a Labor and Delivery Nurse Expert Witness
- The Critical Role of a Dialysis Nurse Expert Witness in Legal Cases
- Inside the Mind: The Role of a Neuropsychology Expert Witness in Legal Cases
- The Critical Role of an Oncology Nurse Practitioner Expert Witness
- How an Emergency Room Nurse Expert Witness Can Be Pivotal in a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
- The Key Aspects of Demonstrative Evidence in Litigation
- The Crucial Role of Expert Witnesses in Mass Tort Lawsuits
- The Role of a Hospital Management Expert Witness in Litigation
- The Key Aspects of an Ultrasound Expert Witness
- The Crucial Role of a Pharmacy Expert Witness in Legal Cases
- The Crucial Role of a Surgical Malpractice Expert Witness in Medical Lawsuits
- How to Choose a Well-Qualified Life Care Plan Expert Witness for Your Case
- Understanding the Role and Aspects of a Well Qualified Correctional Expert Witness
- Why Attorneys Should Leverage a Medical Merit Review: A Strategic Advantage in Healthcare Litigation
- The Crucial Role of an Oncology Expert Witness in Medical Malpractice Cases
- The Critical Role of a Nursing Home Negligence Expert Witness
- The Role of a Well Qualified Wound Care Expert Witness
- Understanding the Crucial Role of a Birth Injury Expert Witness in a Birth Injury Case
- The Role of a Product Liability Expert Witness
- The Role of a Burn Injury Expert Witness
- The Benefits of a Medical Cost Projection in a Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Case
- The Role of a Well-Qualified Pharmacist Expert Witness in Legal Cases
- Choosing a Well-Qualified Radiology Expert Witness
- Adult Day Care Expert Witness Retained in Medication Error Case
- Occupational Expert Witness Retained in Workplace Injury Case
- The Role of a Chiropractor Expert Witness in Musculoskeletal Cases
- The Role of a Nursing Home Expert Witness
- Key Aspects of an Addiction Expert Witness: Understanding the Role in Legal Cases
- Key Aspects of Medical Record Organization
- What is a Medical Expert Witness
- The Importance of a Well Qualified Medical Billing Expert for your Case
- Oncology Expert Witness Retained in Delay to Detect Breast Cancer Case
- Essential Role of a Medical Chronology in a Medical Malpractice Case
- Toxicology Expert Witness Retained in Lead Poisoning Case
- Choosing a Well Qualified Nurse Expert Witness for your Case
- Well Qualified Expert Nurse Witness Retained in Pressure Ulcer Case
- Choosing the Right Expert for a Pain and Suffering Report
- The Importance of Merit Reviews by a Qualified Medical Professional
- The Role of the Emergency Room Nurse Expert Witness: Bridging Healthcare and Law
- The Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Crisis: A Legacy of Environmental Neglect
- The Future of Record Digitization: Preserving History in a Digital Age Record Scanning
- Understanding Life Care Plans: A Guide from a Certified Life Care Planner
- Understanding Medical Billing Reviews: A Legal Nurse’s Perspective
- Physician Expert Witness Retained on a Failure to Diagnose and Treat Brain Herniation
- Inferior Alveolar Nerve Injury during wisdom tooth extraction
- Physician Expert Witness retained on an Anoxia Death case
- Nurse Expert retained on a Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) case
- Gastroenterologist Expert Witness (GI) retained on a standard of care case
- Urology Expert Witness Retained – Failure to Diagnose Kidney Cancer (Nephrology Expert Witness)
- Expert Witness Nurse Retained on an Auto-Brewery Syndrome (ABS) Case
- Nursing Home Infection Spike in 2023
- Preventing Falls and Fall-related Injuries in Health Care Facilities
- heart transplant expert witness was retained on a surgical error case
- Medical Malpractice Claims Due To Lack of Adequate Staffing
- Medical Malpractice Claims Due To Inadequate Protocols and Procedures
- Occupational Therapy Expert was Retained on Fall Case
- Physical and verbal violence against health care workers
- Medical Malpractice Cases due to Healthcare Communication Breakdowns
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) and How to Prevent
- Physical Therapy Expert Witness retained on a fall case
- Leadership Failure in Nursing Homes & Veteran Homes
- Recent Supreme Court Order permits DME Nurse Observer or Recordings at Defense Medical Exams
- Don’t Settle for Less – Select a Well-Qualified Medical Expert Witness
- Medical Billing Expert Retained on a Personal Injury case
- Defense Medical Exam Nurse Observer
- Neonatal Nurse Expert Witness Retained
- Mammography Technician Expert Witness Retained
- Physical Therapy Expert Witness Retained
- School Nurse Expert Witness Retained
- Medical Surgical Nurse Expert Witness Retained
- Operating Room Nurse Expert Witness Retained
- Labor and Delivery Nurse Expert Witness Retained
- The Opioid Crisis Across the USA is a Bigger Killer Than Guns or Cars
- Michigan Case Spotlights Medical Experts to Testify in Malpractice Cases
- Medical Billing Review Expert in Personal Injury Case
- Home Health Expert Witness Retained
- Med League to attend April 2016 The Dispute Resolution Institute’s 18th Annual Personal Injury Seminar
- Med League to attend April 2016 NJAJ Boardwalk Seminar
- Med League to attend February NJAJ Six Concurrent Seminar 2016
- Infusion Therapy (IV) Complications
- Med League to attend November NJAJ Events in Meadowlands, NJ as Corporate Sponsor
- Poem: Twas the Night Before Depo
- How an Expert Witness Evaluates Liability for Falls
- Why Doctors Should Not Testify to the Nursing Standard of Care
- Expert Witness Courtroom Battle
- The Nurse Practitioner Role in the Physician Office
- What is an Expert Witness?
- Is it Nursing Negligence or Just Ineffective Technique?
- How to Evaluate Nursing Home Care
- Medical Errors: It Only Takes a Moment
- Nurse Practitioners: Risks for Nursing Malpractice
Family law
Head injury
Health
Healthcare reform
Healthcare Risk Management
- Sepsis Misdiagnosis and Mismanagement: Complex or Simple?
- Pseudomonas: An Unwelcome Visitor in a Surgical Case
- Multidrug Resistant Organisms: One of Healthcare’s Killers Part 3
- Multidrug Resistant Organisms: One of Healthcare’s Killers Part 2
- Multidrug Resistant Organisms: One of Healthcare’s Killers Part 1
- Obstetrical Medical Malpractice: Prevention Part 4
- 12 Tips for New Nurses: How Your Jobs Lead to Trouble
- Risks of Early Delivery
- Medical residents and fatigue
- Music and the Law: Part 3
- New Study Identifies Lack of Improvement in Health Care
- When Should Nursing Staff Call a Rapid Response Team?
- Why Don’t Healthcare Providers Follow the Rules? Part 2
- Why Don’t Healthcare Providers Follow the Rules? Part 1
- 9 Tips for an Attorney Trying to Detect Altered Records: Part 5
- 7 Tips for an Attorney Trying to Detect Altered Records: Part 4
- Dirty Dozen Tips for an Attorney Trying to Detect Altered Records: Part 3
- Dirty Dozen Tips for an Attorney Trying to Detect Altered Medical Records: Part 2
- Dirty Dozen Tips for an Attorney Trying to Detect Altered Records: Part 1
Hospital acquired infections
Humor
Infection
Infusion pump
Joint Commission
Legal nurse consulting
- Medical Malpractice Claims Due To Deficient Training and Supervision in Healthcare
- NJ Law Journal voted us Best of 2022 in Legal Nurse Consulting and Hall of Fame for 2022!
- NJ Law Journal voted us Best of 2021 in Legal Nurse Consulting!
- Legal Nurse Consultant: A Key to your Medical Mass Tort Practice
- Correctional Expert Witness Retained
- Med League Orthopedic Nursing Expert Witness Testifies in $25 Million Verdict Case
- 7 Ways a Legal Nurse Consultant (LNC) Helps Attorneys with Falls Cases
- Common Allegations in Fall Cases
- Reviewing Medical Records in a Potential Medical Malpractice Claim
- Top 10 Reasons Why an LNC Should Attend an IME
- Risks of Fatigued Nurses
- Are You Writing in Geek?
- 10 Qualities of a Successful Legal Nurse Consultant
- What Exactly Are Legal Nurse Consultants (LNC)?
- What is a Medical Error and What are Some Examples? Part 1
- What is a Medical Error and What are Some Examples? Part 2
- Time Management: Incorporating New Business Development
Marketing
Medical Bill review
Medical errors
- Failure to Rescue Prevention
- Medication Error Concealed? Finding Hidden Errors
- Hospital Readmission Penalties
- Medical Records and Documentation Specialists
- Nurse Fatigue: What are the Costs?
- Preoccupation, Interruptions & Multitasking Lead to Medical Errors
- Osteoporosis: Complicating Fractures
- Medical Malpractice Discovery: The Need for Advocates
- Coordinating Care Reduces Medical Errors
- Obtaining Medical Record Challenges: A True Story
- Obedience to Authority in Health Care: A Source of Medical Errors
- Why Medical Records Can be Defective
- Generations and Medical Malpractice Part Two
- Tips for Defense Attorneys: Illegible Medical Records
- Ten of the Most Shocking Medical Mistakes
- Medical Errors When the Healthcare Staff Cares Too Much
- Inexperienced Medical Interns and Residents: Patients Pay a Price
- Tube Feeding: What are the Possible Medical Errors?
- Parenteral Nutrition and the Medical Errors that Can Follow
- Adverse Events in Hospitals are 10 Times More Common Than We Know
- Safety Procedure Checklists Promote Patient Safety
- Alarm Fatigue: When Nurses Do Not Respond to Alarms
- Medication Errors and Prescriptions: A Dangerous Trend
- Six Pieces of Good News for Nursing and Patients
- The Reasoning Behind Inexperienced Healthcare Personnel’s Mistakes
- Hospital Professional Liability Claims on the Rise
- Emergency Department Mistakes Caused by Human Error
- Using Technological Advances to Make Patient Care Safer
- Medical Errors in Health Care: is there a Limit?
Medical malpractice
- Emergency Medical Technician EMT Expert Witness Retained
- Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Expert Witness Retained
- Prenatal Diagnosis, Wrongful Birth and Wrongful Life Claims
- Medical Technology Errors That Could Lead to a Medical Malpractice Suit
- Fatalities Caused by Medical Errors
- Factors Affecting Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Over Incidental Durotomy
- Obstetrical Medical Malpractice: Infant in Distress Part 1
- Medication Errors
- Medical Errors and Systems Thinking
- Avoiding Medication Errors with Tube Feeding
- Plastic Surgery: Analyzing Liability and Damages
- Plastic Surgery: Are Juries Sympathetic?
- Needs of Infant Safety and Toddler Safety
- Electronic Medical Records and Lawsuits Part 1
- Delirium Tremens Clues
- Medical Malpractice and Diagnosis Errors
- Fall Prevention in Health Care
- Falls: The Cost in Dollars and Lives
- Latex Allergy Medical Malpractice Cases
- Early Warning Signs of Patient Deterioration
- Obstetrical Medical Malpractice: Shoulder Dystocia Part 3
- Obstetrical Medical Malpractice: Delay in Cesarean Section Part 2
- Florida Removes Caps on Noneconomic Damages
- Air Embolism: The Silent Killer
- Medical Malpractice Statistics
- Failure to Obtain Consent for Palliative Care: Shocking Result
- Plaintiff Winner: Suicide in Hospitals
- Obtaining Diagnostic Imaging for a Potential Medical Malpractice Claim
- Themes for a Nursing Malpractice Case: Defense and Plaintiff Attorneys
- Computerized Medical Records: 10 Advantages
- Electronic medical records – 10 points attorneys should know
- Electronic health records: 11 points attorneys need to know
- Electronic Medical Records: 10 Points an Attorney Should Know
- Med League Helps Chicago Firm Get $17.75 Million Settlement
- Has the Nursing Shortage of the Recession Gone Away?
- Reducing Distractions is Reducing Medication Errors
- Are physicians fleeing because of tort reform?
Medical records
- Florida Opts to Remove Discovery Restrictions in Medical Malpractice Cases
- Med League Offers Medical Record Retrieval
- Electronic Medical Records and Lawsuits Part 2
- Medical Record Formats: Helpful or Confounding?
- Medical Records: Crucial in Health Care, Crucial in Litigation
- ECRI Releases Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns
- Charting By Exception: A Trap for Poor Documentation
- Computerized Medical Records: Security, Privacy, and Confidentiality
- Incomplete Medical Records
- Attorneys’ Four Biggest Challenges with Medical Records
- Electronic Medical Records: Hundreds of Pages of Useless Information?
- When to Get Medical Records for a Potential Medical Malpractice Case
- Top 6 Ways Electronic Health Records Save Money
- Determining the Accurate Time a Medical Event Took Place
- What is an Electronic Health Record (EHR)?
- 6 Key Attributes of a Medical Record
- Specifying the Format of the Medical Records
- All the Different Medical Records Attorneys Will Need for a Case
- Top 12 Holes in Nursing Documentation
- Computerized Medical Records and Operational Issues
- Tampering with Medical Records: Why Do Healthcare Providers Do it?
- Refuting Causation in a Nursing Home Medical Malpractice Case
- Computerized Medical Records: Two Different Views
- Have You Obtained ALL of the Physician Records?
- Top 4 Reasons Why There is Gold for Attorney’s in Nursing Notes
- Transparency and Reporting Hospital Errors? Not in Missouri Hospitals
- Electronic Medical Records and its Benefits in Litigation
- Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Their Problems
- Computerized Medical Records and Forensic Issues Part 2
- Computerized Medical Records and Forensic Issues Part 1
- Computerized Medical Records Reduces Medical Errors
- Computerized Medical Records and Their Quality Advantage
- Computerized Medical Records and Their Efficiency Advantage
- Do Not Tamper with Medical Records: You will Regret it
- Big brother is in the ceiling
Medication errors
- Purdue Pharma: The Decision to Scale Back on OxyContin Marketing
- AS SEEN ON TV: Prescription Drug Advertisements
- IV Tylenol: Is it Really Necessary?
- Medication Errors: Unlabeled Medications
- Near Fatal Patient-Controlled Analgesia Pump Incident
- E-Prescribing and its Link to More Medication Errors
- Preoccupation, Interruptions and Multitasking Lead to Medication Errors
- Medication Aides: Are They Practicing Within Their Scope?
- Patient Controlled Analgesia Machines: The Basics
- Hiring and Firing Healthcare Workers with Substance Abuse Problems
- Tube Feeding: What are the Possible Medication Errors?
- How the Use of Technology Can Help You Save Time
Motor vehicle crash
- How a Motor Vehicle Accident Can Lead to a Chronic Illness
- Marijuana: Too Stoned to Skateboard?
- Affluenza: A Get Out of Jail Free Card?
- What is the Biggest Cause of Distracted Driving?
- How to Get Information About a Motor Vehicle Accident
- Older Drivers Have More Dangers While on the Road
- $24 Million Verdict in a Personal Injury Case
- Sudden Emergency While Driving
National Speakers Association
Negotiation skills
Nursing home
- Videocams: Can They Beat Nursing Home Abuse?
- Technology, Negligence and the Dark Side of Nursing Homes
- Improper Wounds May be Signs of Nursing Home Abuse
- Nursing Home Administrator Expert Witness Retained
- Tracheostomy Nurse Expert Witness Retained
- Caring for the Elderly: Assessing Pain
- Detecting Elder Abuse: Part 2
- Detecting Elder Abuse: Part 1
- Families for Better Care Inc.: The First Report Card for Nursing Homes
- The Rapid Growth of the Older Population
- Is There True Safety in the Use of Restraints on Elders?
- Who Does What in a Nursing Home? Part 2
- Who Does What in a Nursing Home? Part 1
- Malnutrition in a Nursing Home Resident: Defensible?
- Pressure Sores: The Uncooperative Plaintiff
- Maximizing Nursing Home Malpractice Damages
- 7 Tips for Defending a Nursing Home Case
- Elopement from a long term care facility
- Is it Normal for the Elderly to Fall?
- Wheelchairs and the Risk of Falls in a Nursing Home
- Baby Boomers and Nursing Home Care
- The Troubled Climate of Nursing Home Care: State and Federal Surveys
- The Troubled Climate of Nursing Home Care: Discover Malpractice Cases
- The Troubled Climate of Nursing Home Care: Nursing Home Litigation
- Patient Safety is Important When it Comes to Those With Vision Problems
- U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Preventing Nursing Home Patients From Getting Pain Medication
Nursing malpractice
- Violence on the Psychiatric Unit
- Patient Falls: Common Deviations from the Standard of Care
- Respiratory Distress After Surgery
- Cardiac Arrest After Surgery
- Overconfidence and Nursing Malpractice
- Delirium in Hospital Patients
- Interruption Awareness and Medical Errors
- Magnet Recognition Program: Indicator of Hospital Quality? Part 2
- Magnet Recognition Program: Indicator of Hospital Quality? Part 1
- Facebook is the Cause of Distraction and Jeopardizes Patient Safety
Obstetrics
Pain and suffering
- 91 Year Old Woman’s Trip and Fall Injuries Finally Awarded After Appeal
- The Value of Federal Rule 1006 Summaries
- Pain and Suffering Reports: Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
- Nurse to Testify About Pain and Suffering: The Inside Story
- Impact of Pain and Suffering Description on a Juror
- Webinars are Taking Over the Present Day: Why They Became so Popular
Patient safety
- Lives Saved by the Affordable Care Act
- Striking Baystate Nurses: Overtime or Patient Safety?
- Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing: Still a Struggle
- The Hospitalist and Nurse Practitioner Team
- Preventing Back Injuries in the Workplace
- How a Medical Malpractice Suit Can Make a Difference
- Nursing school grad saves dean’s life at commencement
- Can one person make a difference?
Personal injury
- The Value of Pain and Suffering in a Personal Injury Case
- Could Your Occupational or Physical Therapist be Treating You Incorrectly?
- Driverless Cars and Liability Issues
- Falls and Premises Liability
- Addiction and Alcoholism: The Vicious Cycle of Stress, Substance Abuse and Side Effects
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Symptoms and Treatment
- Learned Helplessness and Personal Injury
Personal observations
- Perseverance and Determination
- Her Son, Her Soldier, Her Hero: We Thank the Military
- Want to Live Longer? Here’s How.
- Scenes from a Plane
- Surviving a Hurricane: Hurricane Sandy
- On the Way it Should Be: Our Sense of Order
- How to Have a Stress Free Holiday
- Hurricane Sandy: Can Any Warning Prepare You for One Hundred Mile an Hour Winds?
- What is the Real Meaning of Labor Day?
- 10 Tips to Prevent Worry
- The Process of Cataract Surgery: Under the Knife
- Are you treasuring your moments?
- Happy Birthday
- Johns Hopkins: a Role for Other Hospitals to Follow
Pressure sores
Priorities
Product Liability
Social media
Surgical error
Tampering with evidence
Tort reform
Toxic tort
Trial lawyer skills
videotip
Workers Compensation
Writing skills
Knowledge Base
- Accident Report Humor
- Add a little SALT to your case
- Analyzing emergency room records
- Anticoagulants: A Double Edged Sword
- Charting Bloopers: Medical decision-making
- Charting Bloopers: Medical orders and advice
- Charting Bloopers: Patient behavior
- Charting Bloopers: Patient progress
- Charting Bloopers: Physical examinations
- Charting Bloopers: Signs and Symptoms
- Charting Bloopers: Spelling Errors
- Charting Bloopers: Unusual medical and social histories
- Computerized Medical Records
- Courtroom Humor
- Decoding Anesthesia Records
- Developing powerful courtroom exhibits
- Errors in Healthcare: Scope of the problem
- Expert Fact Witness: The Value of Federal Rule 1006 Summaries
- Help Your Child Not to Be Afraid of the Doctor – Tips from Med League Pediatric Nurse Expert
- High Spinal Cord Injury: Respiratory Russian Roulette
- Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers: The Risks
- How Harshness Harms Patients
- Intubation: A Lesson in Helplessness
- Knee Injuries
- Malingering: Can it be detected?
- Medical Illustrations
- Medical malpractice claims decline, severity rises: New study released
- More Than The Blues
- Nurse Accepted by NJ Judge to Explain Medical Records
- Nurse Staffing: Critical Condition
- Obstetrical Malpractice
- Organizing medical records
- Pain and Suffering Analysis a.k.a Federal Rule 1006 Fact Witness Summary Report
- Pain and Suffering Quick Updates
- Pain and suffering terms defined
- PEG tubes–not a panacea
- Personal injury medical records
- Physician office records: Are they complete?
- Presenting demonstrative evidence
- Preventing Medication Errors
- Resistance to Federal Rule 1006 Summaries Decreasing
- RRTs: Douse the spark before it becomes a forest fire
- SBAR
- Screening cases: Damages and awards in medical malpractice cases
- Slips and Falls on the Slippery Slope
- Summarizing medical records
- Summary of Clinical Use and Toxicity of Anticoagulant Therapy
- The Hospitalist
- The Uncooperative Plaintiff
- To Sleep the Eternal Sleep
- Top 10 Hints for Medical records management
- Top Ten Ways to Evaluate Chronologies
- Twas the Night Before Depo
- Unlocking Medical Records
- Vision Changes and the Elderly: Is Your Law Firm an Accident Waiting to Happen?
- Was the driver chemically impaired?
- We Made a Mistake
- What did that order say?
- What is “suffering”?
- What Was That Again?
- What’s new in pain management?
- Why is Litigation related to Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) on the Rise?
- Will apologies to patients drive med mal attorneys out of business?
