1.  Why do attorneys need Certified Legal Nurse Consultants ?

While the attorney is the legal expert, the ALNC is the expert on the healthcare system and its inner workings. Nowhere else will you find this level of cost-effective expertise for reviewing medical records and understanding the terminology and subtleties of healthcare.  We provide attorneys with the insider advantage and efficiency in medically-related case work up from the initial stages to trial preparation.

2. Why don’t I just use my MD expert?

(Cost and Analysis)  While MD experts are vital to a case, they are also expensive and sometimes view charts with a limited viewpoint and minimal understanding of other providers’ standards of care.  They may only review their area of expertise instead of the whole chart.  Nurses, at the frontlines of patient care, analyze and review other health-care professionals’ performances and documentation on a daily basis.  We are detail oriented, do a thorough chart review with both general and specialized nursing and medical perspectives. Nurses can and must read physicians’ handwriting!  We can make your MD time more cost effective!  Lastly, collaborating with physicians makes for better outcomes.

3. When should attorneys consult with us?

As soon as a potential case comes in we can identify the medical issues, screen the case for merit, make sense out of the morass of medical records and provide many relevant services that will help you make your best case.

4. How do I get started?

Contact Critical RN, LLC by phone or e-mail with your issue, deadlines and instructions.  The initial phone consultation to discuss your start-up needs on a potential case or claim is free.  Send the actual medical records or scanned records (CD) via courier to us and we will begin the assignment.  We strictly follow the medical ethics of confidentiality in communications as well as ABA ethics.