Wrongful death occurs when the negligent actions or wrongful acts of one person result in the death of another. The specific laws governing wrongful death vary from state to state, allowing surviving spouses, immediate family members, children, or parents of a...
Workers injured while on the job are eligible for workers' compensation insurance - this benefit is granted only on the basis of a medical records review to establish the injury and its severity....
Psychological injuries comprise an important component of claims in both Personal Injury and Employment Law. Here medical records review is an important first step to establish the injury. Insurance...
What is so good about electronic health records (EHR)? Before the advent of EHRs, access to medical charts and processes such as medical records review were challenging and involved a considerable...
The number of working-age Americans who make ends meet with disability benefits increased rapidly between 1996 and 2015. This increase also became an indicator of the divide between urban and rural...
The nature of the job has considerable impact on a worker's chance of getting injured. Workers' compensation insurance pays for the medical expenses and other damages for injured workers. Medical...
The Social Security Administration's (SSA) disability determination process involves medical record retrieval and a comprehensive medical records review. The SSA has introduced the Health IT program...
Plaintiff attorneys as well as defense attorneys retain expert medical witnesses who help them determine the merits of a personal injury or medical malpractice lawsuit. They perform a detailed...
Independent medical review and medical claims review for workers' compensation ensure that there is a cost-efficient, non-judicial way to solve disputes between injured workers and...
Electronic health records no doubt have many benefits such as ease of access, retrieval, sharing and medical records review among others. However, there are risks associated with them as many...
Product liability lawsuits stem from issues such as defective design of a product, defect in manufacture processes, and failure to warn of the risks associated with the product. The law of strict...