Medical records can come in to the office in complete disarray and it is your job to take on the onerous job of organizing and deciphering it. This is a critical task, because medical documentation can make or break the case by giving you the 'smoking gun' that can turn your case from losing to winning. From the comfort of your desk, you will discover how you can effectively analyze, interpret and manage the information that will be key to your case – order today!

1. How and Where to Get Complete Medical Documentation
2. Analyzing and Interpreting Medical Records
3. Organizing the Records for Easy Retrieval
4. Using the Medical Records During the Pretrial Phase
5. Ethics and Medical Record Confidentiality
6. Effective Use of Medical Records in Court

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1. HOW AND WHERE TO GET COMPLETE MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION
   9:00 - 10:30, Susie McGregor-Huyer
   1. Setting the Tone: How to Obtain Initial Treatment Information
      1. Client Care and Communication
      2. Obtaining Relevant Details
      3. Medical Authorizations
   2. Defining What Medical Records Are
   3. Types of Medical Documentation
      1. Ambulance Reports
      2. Patient Medical Files
      3. Nurses' Notes
      4. Physical Progress Documentation
      5. Diagnostic Reports and Films
      6. Physical Therapy Records
      7. Narrative Reports (Initial, Intermediate and Final)
      8. Electronic Medical Records
   4. Determining What Medical Documentation You Need
      1. Medical Records
      2. Medical Billing
      3. Lien Information
   5. How and Where to Obtain a Complete Set of Medical Documentation
      1. Hospitals
      2. Medical Providers
      3. Insurance Carriers
   6. How and Where to Find Additional Patient Information
2. ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING MEDICAL RECORDS
   10:45 - 12:00, Susie McGregor-Huyer
   1. Understanding What You Actually Have
   2. Basic Medical Terminology and Abbreviations
   3. Symbols and Their Meeting
   4. Diagnostic Tests and Procedures
   5. Coding and Billing Procedures
   6. Red Flags to Look for in Medical Records
   7. Illegible Records
3. ORGANIZING THE RECORDS FOR EASY RETRIEVAL
   1:00 - 1:30, Jennifer Thorup
   1. Organizing Your File
   2. How to Put Together a User-Friendly Chronology or Summary
   3. Using Technology to Manage a Large Volume of Information
   4. Filing Systems
4. USING THE MEDICAL RECORDS DURING THE PRETRIAL PHASE
   1:30 - 2:15, Patrick Persons
   1. Bates Numbering
   2. Use During Depositions
   3. Requests for Admissions and Interrogatories
   4. Calculating Medical Expenses and Determining Damages
   5. Working With Expert Witnesses
5. ETHICS AND MEDICAL RECORD CONFIDENTIALITY
   2:30 - 3:30, Jennifer Thorup
   1. HIPAA Privacy Laws
   2. Questions of Access
   3. Guarding Against Breach of Confidentiality
   4. Mandatory Disclosure
6. EFFECTIVE USE OF MEDICAL RECORDS IN COURT
   3:30 - 4:30, Patrick Persons
   1. Using the Records as Evidence at Trial
   2. Powerful Presentation of Records at Trial: Assisting the Attorney
   3. Challenging Medical Evidence of the Opposing Side

SUSIE McGREGOR-HUYER has been involved in healthcare since 1990, first as a paramedic, then as a nurse. Ms. McGregor-Huyer completed her BSN degree in 1998 and her MSN degree in 2001, gaining significant experience in both outpatient and inpatient settings in a variety of roles. In 1993, she began hospice work, where she eventually moved into leadership roles, including four years of administration work. Ms. McGregor-Huyer has been active as an affiliate faculty member teaching undergraduate and graduate community nursing online for four years. Her years of nursing experience have currently led to consulting, where she now provides legal nurse consulting services and nursing education consulting services in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas. Ms. McGregor-Huyer's legal nurse consulting practice specializes in products liability, personal injury, medical malpractice and nursing home negligence cases, where she provides attorneys and their team with a "medical" interpretation and perspective on their cases. She holds a certification as a legal nurse consultant, and is a hospice and palliative care nurse. Ms. McGregor-Huyer is active in the National Alliance of Certified Legal Nurse Consultants and in the American Holistic Nurses Association.

PATRICK PERSONS is a paralegal in the Minneapolis law firm of Lommen, Abdo, Cole, King & Stageberg, P.A. Mr. Persons brings 23 years of paralegal and investigative experience to the firm. Prior to joining Lommen, Abdo, Cole, King & Stageberg, P.A., he was the president of Litigation Support Group, Inc., which provided investigative and paralegal services to personal injury attorneys throughout Minnesota. Mr. Persons is a Minnesota Licensed Private Investigator and has undertaken and managed hundreds of hours of investigation. His work is focused in the areas of medical malpractice, product liability and industrial accidents, and numerous other personal injury areas, including car accidents and railroad accidents. Mr. Persons has state and federal court trial preparation experience, having assisted in numerous trials which resulted in verdicts in excess of a million dollars. His trial background includes extensive use of electronic case management systems, including Summation and Trial Director. In addition to experience in personal injury, legal malpractice and medical negligence, Mr. Persons has significant complex litigation experience, including asbestos litigation, litigation concerning building and construction disasters, and real estate. He is a member of the Minnesota Association of Justice and the American Association for Justice.

JENNIFER THORUP is a paralegal with Lord & Faris Law Office, with offices in St. Paul and Minneapolis. Ms. Thorup joined the personal injury law office in 2006 but has worked at law firms for more than 13 years. Her work includes interviewing clients and experts, research, gathering and organizing medical records, preparing documents and more. Ms. Thorup earned her B.A. degree from the University of Minnesota.

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