New! Donna M. Post, RN, BSN, MBA / HCM, CLNC, LNCP-C , Mid-Valley Legal Nurse Consulting, Inc., California Nurse Entrepreneurs, Legal Nurse Consultants:"Mid-Valley Legal Nurse Consulting has over 24 years of experience clinically and administratively, in cardiac, adult and pediatric critical care, and dialysis. Our experience extends to both the inpatient and outpatient settings. MVLNC provides effective identification of practice standards, regulatory standards, adherence and/or deviations to these standards. Our background provides our clients the added benefit of understanding healthcare infrastructure, budgets, and healthcare labor issues. This extensive experience allows for identification of medical and nursing issues in any case that involves health, illness and injury. The clients we serve are attorneys, insurance companies, healthcare facilities and others. At Mid-Valley Legal Nurse Consulting, our goal is to provide our clients with cost-effective, efficient, review and analysis – providing you with winning services while critically defending your bottom-line.
2491 Alluvial #7
Clovis, Ca 93611
Phone: 559-294-7580 or 877-532-5676
Email: midvalleylegalnurseconsulting@gmail.com
http://www.mvlnc.com
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Cynthia Antone, RN, BSN, CCHP, SNC, California, Legal Nurse Consultant Expert Witness, Correctional Health Care, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Psych, Substance Abuse
http://www.nursingexperts.com/antone/******************************************************
Cari Caruso, RN SANE-A, Forensic Nurse Professionals, Inc., California Nurse Entrepreneurs:"Forensic Services: Forensic Sexual Assault, Evidentiary Exams for Victims and Suspects, Domestic/Interpersonal Violence evaluations and Photography, Consulting for Defense and Prosecuting Attorneys, Expert Testimony, Education."
Specialty Areas:Emergency Department, http://www.nursefriendly.com/emergency/
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Nurse Consultants, http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/consult/
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Pediatrics, http://www.nursefriendly.com/pediatric/
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners, http://www.nursingexperts.com/sane/
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Nancy Emma, RN, LNC, MLC Legal Nurse Consulting Services:"Screening of cases for merit, pagination & organization of medical records, Expert witness, Obtain expert witnesses for lawyers, identification of adherences to and departures from Standards of Care. Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Workman's Compensation both Defense and Plaintiff issues."
Specialty Areas: California Nurse Entrepreneurs, Consulting, Expert Witness, Emergency Department Nursing, Expert Witness (And Locating of Same), Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Workman's Compensation
http://www.nursingexperts.com/emma/******************************************************
Debra L. Fore, RN, MSN, Vista HealthCare Consulting:"Legal Nurse Consultant, primarily Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury, Social Security Claimants' Representative."
Specialty areas: Adult Critical Care, Disability, Legal Nurse Consultant, Medical Malpractice, Oncology, Personal Injury, Renal Dialysis, Social Security Claims Telemetry-Step Down
http://www.nursingexperts.com/fore/******************************************************
Mary Rosabell Higgins, BSN, Registered Nurse, M. R. Higgins & Associates Legal Nurse Consultants:"M. R. Higgins & Associates-Legal Nurse Consultants, a professional service company specializing in litigation review. Established in 1997, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Services include: comprehensive medical research; investigation of medical records to determine accuracy and or tampering; translation of medical terminology and deposition reports; and, interpretation of health science literature and documents. Consultation also comprises developing chronological summary reports from medical records. Reports often include analytical commentary.
http://www.nursingexperts.com/higgins/
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Tricia West, RN, BSN, MBA/HCM, LNC, P.J. West & Associates, California Legal Nurse Consultants:"PJWA has been doing medical legal consulting since 1980 in the areas of personal injury, medical malpractice, worker's compensation, product liability, Medicare Fraud, Insurance billing Fraud and Risk Management for both the defense and plaintiff. Our goal is to provide you with ethical, timely and exceptional support services. We can make your job easier by assisting with the evaluation of cases for merit, conduct extensive medical legal research, review medical records and provide expert testimony in all specialty areas of nursing."
29715 Windsong Lane
Agoura Hills, CA 91301-4019
(818) 707-0051
E-mail Address: Twest@PJWA.com
http://www.legalnursingconsultant.org/west******************************************************
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Barnes Medical Legal Services:"Our comprehensive medical legal assistance programs, specifically designed for attorneys, hospitals, and insurance companies, have been proven to be an efficient and cost-effective adjunct to litigation efforts. Our staff of Medical Legal Nurse Consultants handles all types of cases with a personal yet professional touch. Barnes Medical Legal Services guarantees expedient results, a reduction in discovery and evaluation expense, and an increase in overall case management productivity."
Barnes Medical-Legal Services
Dale Barnes, MSN, RN
Certified Legal Nurse Consultant
Business 858-454-4888 FAX 858-454-4827
Email: dale@dalebarnesrn.com
http://www.dalebarnesrn.com/******************************************************
Denise B. Sannicandro, RN, BSN, PHN, LNC, DBS & Associates:"It is the Mission of DBS & Associates Legal Nurse Consulting to bridge the gap between the medical and legal communities by offering quality and professional consulting services."
Denise B. Sannicandro, RN, BSN, PHN, LNC.
DBS & Associates Legal Nurse Consulting
California, USA
Phone: (619) 644-0344 OR (619) 518-6476
Fax: (619) 644-0544
e-Mail: DBSLNC@cox.net
http://www.dbslnc.com/******************************************************
Fyler Associates: Fyler Associates is a multi-specialty legal nurse consulting agency with over 200 nursing experts. Whereas other companies sub work to three or four nurses, Fyler Associates is a one of a kind agency that focuses on just about every conceivable specialty and sub-specialty in the legal nurse field. We only bring on Registered Nurses with a minimum of ten years as an RN, and they must be presently active in their clinical specialty.
2138 East Westmoreland Drive/Brea, California/92821/ 1-800-995-4279/Fax: 714-990-4629/Email: brea2@aol.com******************************************************
Legal Edge Medical Services:"Since 1984, LEGAL EDGE MEDICAL SERVICES, through our LEGAL NURSE CONSULTANTS have been providing reviews of medical records, including organization of documents, in depth detailed summaries and chronology of events, as well as a wide variety of litigation support services, including expert testimony at depositions and trial. Our knowledgeable, accurate, dependable, and cost effective reviews of Medical Malpractice, General & Product Liability and Personal Injury cases proudly include several Fortune 500 corporate accounts as clients."
7929 W. 81st ST. Playa Del Rey, CA 90293
Legal Edge Medical Services
310) 306-0046 (760) 777-8959 FAX (760) 777-8947 info@NurseConsultants.com
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LINC Software Services:"LINC Software Services, a national Case Management and Medical/Legal Consulting service and Software Company, has been in existence since 1987 and is well known within the healthcare industry for its innovative concepts and advanced strategies to improve the efficiency of the Case Management process. In 1997, LINC merged with, and is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Velocity.com, Inc, a San Francisco based healthcare informatics company focused on providing viable "solutions" for managed care. In addition to LINC's Case Manager Assistant® software and services, the Velocity.com solutions also include: PSIMED, a provider of software and services for billing and practice management."
LINC
41 East Foothill Blvd Suite 102 Arcadia, CA. 91006
(626) 462-9675 extension 17, Fax: (626) 462-9676
Email: info@linccma.com
http://linccma.com/******************************************************
Elana Marceron, RN, LNC, Professional LegalMed Consulting:"Ms. Marceron, owner of Professional LegalMed Consulting, was raised with a strong interest and respect for the law. She was inspired to become a Legal Nurse Consultant in 1998 by two very successful attorneys in her life. Her career path as a registered nurse has included a wide range of nursing experience over the last two decades including Case Manager for a managed care group, gerontology, medical/surgical nursing, obstetrics, oncology, orthopedics, pediatrics and pulmonology. Ms. Marceron has worked both as an in-house and independent legal nurse consultant, specializing in product liability, toxic tort, personal injury, medical malpractice and worker's compensation cases. She continually updates her medical and nursing knowledge by maintaining a working connection to the acute care medical setting."
Professional LegalMed Consulting
776 La Mirada Ave.
Encinitas CA 92024
Phone: 888-429-4378
Fax: 760-944-0102
Email: Elana@Prolegalmed
http://www.prolegalmed.com/******************************************************
Medical Consultants at Source4, Inc:"• Consist of highly trained LNC's, indicating an advanced knowledge base in the medical-legal field • Are RN's with varying backgrounds and a wide range of specialty areas • Utilize cutting edge technology for case development and report writing • Maintain the highest Standards of Care as defined by NALNC."
Source4, Incorporated
5870 Mission Center Road, Suite B San Diego, CA 92123
(800) 878-1728 or (858)492-9400
legal@source4info.com
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Medical Legal Resources, Karen L. Wetther:"Medical Legal Resources has been a leader in the field of legal nurse consulting and an educator of legal nurse consultants (LNCs) since its inception in 1987. It is a privately owned service business which provides consulting services to plaintiff and defense attorneys and insurance companies regarding the medical aspects of their cases and training workshops and educational materials on legal nurse consulting to nurses who choose to pursue this nursing specialty and to practicing LNCs who wish to continue to expand their knowledge base on issues relating to law and medicine and how they interrelate. Its primary goal has always been to serve as a cost-effective and time-efficient source of help and support to the legal and health care communities."
7040 Avenida Encinas Suite 104 PMB #260
Carlsbad, CA 92009-4652
Phone: 619-584-6489 FAX: 619-725-0919
E-Mail: info@medicallegalresources.com
http://www.medicallegalresources.com/******************************************************
P.J.West and Associates, Inc.:"PJWA has been doing medical legal consulting since 1980 in the areas of personal injury, medical malpractice, worker's compensation, product liability, Medicare Fraud, Insurance billing Fraud and Risk Management for both the defense and plaintiff. Our goal is to provide you with ethical, timely and exceptional support services. We can make your job easier by assisting with the evaluation of cases for merit, conduct extensive medical legal research, review medical records and provide expert testimony in all specialty areas of nursing."
Tricia West, RN, BSN, MBA/HCM, LNC
P.J.West and Associates, Inc.
Legal Nurse Consulting
Agoura Hills, California
818 707-0051
818 706-0041 fax
service@pjwa.com
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Parks Medical-Legal Consulting:"Parks Medical-Legal Consulting is an Independent Medical-Legal Consulting firm owned and operated by Mr. Paul Parks. A strong Patient advocate, Mr. Parks educates in all areas of medicine taking complex information and breaking it down in an easy to digest way that both jurors and clients can easily understand. Mr. Parks has had extensive training and clinical experience working in some of the most prestigious teaching institutions in southern California including: UC Irvine, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Balboa Naval Hospital, UC San Diego, and numerous free standing surgical centers practicing special procedures in such areas as: pain management, urology, plastic surgery, gastroenterology, same day surgery both as an OR circulator and sedation nurse. Administration of sedative hypnotic agents for sleep induction both in the hospital setting and as an independent practitioner. He is fluent and up to date on all of the latest standards of care and guidelines in all areas of nursing and medicine and is an excellent source for a thorough understanding of medical care in a truly objective manner."
38510 orangecrest rd.
Palm Desert, CA 92211
Phone: (760) 772-8032
Fax: (760) 772-8032
Email: paulparksLNC@dc.rr.com
http://www.parksmedicallegal.com/******************************************************
Source4, Inc., Medical Consultants at:"• Consist of highly trained LNC's, indicating an advanced knowledge base in the medical-legal field • Are RN's with varying backgrounds and a wide range of specialty areas • Utilize cutting edge technology for case development and report writing • Maintain the highest Standards of Care as defined by NALNC."
Source4, Incorporated
5870 Mission Center Road, Suite B San Diego, CA 92123
(800) 878-1728 or (858)492-9400
legal@source4info.com
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V/G Associates:"Two enterprising legal nurse consultants started V/G Associates in 1993. They have developed an exemplary reputation with the legal and insurance communities, serving clients nationwide. Claudette Varanko, RN, BS. Claudette is a founding member of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants. She has more than 30 years experience in nursing and 10 years of medical-legal experience, 3 of which were with a highly reputable defense firm. Agnes Grogan, RN, BS. Agnes is also a founding member of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants with 30 years of nursing experience and 10 years of medical-legal experience. She has written articles and authored a chapter on medical bill review in the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultant's core curriculum text."
V/G Associates
16478 Beach Blvd. # 423 Westminster, CA 92683
V/G Associates 1-800-388-4100, vgassoc@gte.net
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Legal Consulting by Nurses, By Joy Collins, RN, BSBA, CLNC, LNCC, Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc.:"Nurses have been assisting attorneys with their medically related cases for far longer than is generally realized. It is only lately that the sub-specialty of legal nurse consulting has become a recognized field of nursing that the media has thrust into the mainstream. As far back as the 1980s (and probably earlier), nurses and other medical professionals were assisting the legal world to arrive at a fair settlement by moving through the quagmire of medical records and jargon that we nurses take for granted."
Wild Iris Medical Education
PO Box 257 Comptche, CA 95427
(707) 937-0518 ph (707) 937-2546 fax nurses@nursingceu.com
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Whitehouse & Associates Medical-Legal Nurse Consulting:"We are your first line resource dedicated to the successful outcome of your case. Meeting our client's needs in an efficient, timely manner is our highest priority. Save time and money. Utilize the services of CLNCs with over 20 years of experience in the health care system. We are experts at navigating the medical record. We are a cost effective alternative to using physicians to screen your medically related cases. We can help you identify who it is that you should include on your list of experts."
Whitehouse & Associates
Medical-Legal Nurse Consulting
37 High Bluff
Laguna Niguel, California 92677
tel. 949-481-1213
fax 949-481-1214
Rnclnc4u@aol.com
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The 10 Biggest Mistakes Experts Make During Depositions:"The discovery depositions of expert witnesses are increasingly playing an important role in the litigation process. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 (4) A: “A party may depose any person who has been identified as an expert whose opinions may be presented at trial.” With this in mind, we turn to the ten biggest mistakes experts make during their depositions. #1 – Waiving The Reading of Signing Of The Deposition Transcript At the start of most depositions, counsel will agree on stipulations. Use of the most common stipulation is that the deponent waives the right to read and sign the deposition transcript. The expert who is interested in accuracy should not agree to this waiver lightly. Experts who agree to waive the reading and signing are agreeing to a document’s accuracy without even seeing the document."
SEAK, Inc.
P.O. Box 729, Falmouth, MA 02541 Courier: 316 Gifford St., Falmouth, MA 02540
Customer Service (508) 548-7023, Orders (508) 457-1111, Fax (508) 540-8304
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http://seak.com/10_biggest_mistakes_experts_make.html10 Biggest Mistakes Physicians Make in Writing Their IME Reports:"The Independent Medical Evaluation (IME) reports that physicians prepare are playing an increasingly important role in workers' compensation cases, personal injury litigation, and long-term disability claims. Each year physicians prepare hundreds of thousands of IME reports which are read and utilized by judges, hearing officers, and plaintiff and defense attorneys to decide and settle claims. Physicians are frequently called upon at depositions, hearings, or trials to support, justify, and defend each and every word of their IME reports. With this in mind, we turn to the 10 biggest mistakes physicians make in writing their IME reports."
SEAK, Inc.
P.O. Box 729, Falmouth, MA 02541 Courier: 316 Gifford St., Falmouth, MA 02540
Customer Service (508) 548-7023, Orders (508) 457-1111, Fax (508) 540-8304
seakinckb@aol.com
http://seak.com/10biggestmistakesphysician.htmlAdvice on Answering Questions at Depositions:"Avoid Absolute Words You are well advised to avoid, where possible, absolute words such as "always" and "never." Absolute words are frequently an invitation to, and fertile grounds for, cross-examination by counsel. Counsel will attempt to damage your credibility by first getting you to make an absolute statement. She will then use counterexamples in an effort to show the falsity of your statement.
SEAK, Inc.
P.O. Box 729, Falmouth, MA 02541 Courier: 316 Gifford St., Falmouth, MA 02540
Customer Service (508) 548-7023, Orders (508) 457-1111, Fax (508) 540-8304
seakinckb@aol.com
http://seak.com/April_2011_Deposition_Skills.htmlConnecting with the Jury:"In jury trials, the jury ultimately decides the case. Their job is to determine the facts of the case. A crucial part of this is determining the credibility of the witnesses. This includes expert witnesses. As such, it is of the highest importance that experts are able to communicate with the jury in a credible and persuasive way. Everything else is secondary. To connect with the jury, an expert needs to understand what juries want and know the best ways to communicate with them."
SEAK, Inc.
P.O. Box 729, Falmouth, MA 02541 Courier: 316 Gifford St., Falmouth, MA 02540
Customer Service (508) 548-7023, Orders (508) 457-1111, Fax (508) 540-8304
seakinckb@aol.com
http://www.seak.com/april_2011_Jury_Trial_Skills_Workshop.htmlOpinions and Bases for Opinions, Seak.com:"The main reason expert testimony is presented is to offer an expert opinion. Accordingly, experts can anticipate being closely cross-examined on their opinions. They should also expect to be closely questioned on the bases of these opinions because an expert opinion is only as strong as the facts and reasoning upon which it is based. Questions in these areas are best blunted by carefully and honestly forming an opinion that is based on reliable methodology, a thorough investigation, and solid facts."
SEAK, Inc.
P.O. Box 729, Falmouth, MA 02541 Courier: 316 Gifford St., Falmouth, MA 02540
Customer Service (508) 548-7023, Orders (508) 457-1111, Fax (508) 540-8304
seakinckb@aol.com
http://seak.com/ce2booksamplechapter.htmlStating Opinions and Conclusions in a Defensible Manner:"The main reason an expert is involved in a case is to state her opinion. The principal reason an expert writes a report is to communicate that opinion. The opinion must be communicated effectively and must be expressed in a defensible manner. The authors recommend the following.
SEAK, Inc.
P.O. Box 729, Falmouth, MA 02541 Courier: 316 Gifford St., Falmouth, MA 02540
Customer Service (508) 548-7023, Orders (508) 457-1111, Fax (508) 540-8304
seakinckb@aol.com
http://www.seak.com/webstore/bookReportbookchapter10.asp
Expert Witness Journal, Seak.com:"SEAK has published the Expert Witness Journal since 1988. Available online are all 1998 EWJ feature articles, arranged alphabetically by title. Also available are each of the federal and state cases collected by EWJ impacting expert witnesses."
SEAK, Inc.
P.O. Box 729, Falmouth, MA 02541 Courier: 316 Gifford St., Falmouth, MA 02540
Customer Service (508) 548-7023, Orders (508) 457-1111, Fax (508) 540-8304
seakinckb@aol.com
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Nursingentrepreneurs.com is a networking and resource directory for Nurse-Owned businesses and nurses looking for an alternative to working at the bedside.
If you explore the site a bit, you'll find profiles of hundreds of nurse entrepreneurs around the country. We encourage you to browse around, find a business category you are interested in, then contact the nurse directly. We're available for questions as well. This website is Owned-Operated by Andrew Lopez, RN a Medical/Surgical/Telemetry nurse.
Has your Nurse-owned business been written up in the news? Do you send out a newsletter or regular press releases? We'd like to hear about it!
Our Newest article is from an Arizona Nurse Entrepreneur:
Should You Incorporate Your Registry Business? By Joseph Caracci, RN:"The short answer is yes! When starting a new nurse registry business, you are entering into a legal business environment that requires you to take steps to protect your personal assets, such as your home, your savings, and your retirement. With this in mind, you need to determine which legal form you are going to take for your new registry. Some of the common choices are a sole proprietorship, a partnership, a limited liability partnership (LLP), a limited liability company (LLC), and a corporation."
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