MedMalPodcast.com: Discovering the Needle Series‪.‬ Elisa Collins, NP-CLP

In this podcast episode, we have a special guest, Laurie Morgan, who shares her extensive clinical background as a nurse and her role as a legal nurse consultant. Our host, Elisa, explores how nurses can assist attorneys in personal injury cases, shedding light on the value they bring to the legal profession. Laurie discusses a specific personal injury case involving an older gentleman who experienced various injuries over the years, including an elevator accident that led to a neurogenic bladder condition. They delve into the importance of differentiating between pre-existing conditions and injuries caused by accidents, the role of nurses in analyzing medical records, and the financial impact of such injuries. Laurie's expertise in reviewing expert reports and providing valuable insights adds significant value to the case. Join us for this intriguing episode as we unravel the complexities of personal injury cases and the crucial role of nurses in the legal field.

In this special episode my guest and I discuss his super-specialty. Dr. Oami specializes in dermatopathology and cytopathology.  Dr. Oami is a board-certified and fellowship-trained dermatopathologist and board-certified and fellowship-trained Cytopathologist as well as a board-certified and residency-trained n anatomic and clinical pathologist with over 25 years of clinical experience,  and 20 years of experience reviewing medical-legal cases. We discuss how consulting experts can help testifying experts like Dr. Oami to spend less time on the case, dramatically reducing case expenses for attorneys.

In this episode, veteran charge nurse and supervisor nurse, Julie Reif and I talk about how a deep dive into the medical record led her to discover that the plaintiff's tale of their family member's death in the hospital was not the true story, and which hospital culture issues allowed her to level up the accountability for this tragic outcome to the hospital itself.

In this episode, I speak to Kristen Hull, a CRNA. CRNAs are the elite of nurses, and some of the brightest even among APRNs. Kristen explains what her role is in the OR, and how CRNAs may more readily identify issues in the O.R. procedures. We talk about issues affecting CRNAs specifically, and about  documentation and continuity of care from the OR to recovery

Jack and I continue our discussion and talk about how nurses and doctors can and should document to reduce liability. We discuss why Jack feels it's so important as a trial attorney to connect with your client and to have a strong foundational "why" for what you do and recognize the impact that it has on, not just the patients and families, but on the healthcare industry as a whole and how that drives his practice.

Jack Cook, Nationally renowned Medmal attorney at Morgan & Morgan and I discuss why getting consulting experts involved early on a case is so key to building a strong case, and he provides tips for medmal attorneys on exactly how he uses his consulting experts.