How Many Attorneys Need the Services of a LNC?
According to the Houston Chronicle, of the 1,162,124 attorneys in practice, 25% deal with medical-related cases. They rely on specially trained LNCs to help them win cases for their plaintiff or defense clients. Few attorneys know how to read medical records or understand the terminology and subtleties of healthcare issues. While the attorney is the expert on legal issues, the LNC is the expert on nursing and the inner workings of the healthcare system. A LNC applies knowledge of medical, nursing and health-related issues to make the attorney’s job easier, more efficient and more effective. Our professional expertise as RNs and LNCs qualifies us to review and interpret relevant medical records, prepare chronologies, screen medical-related cases, assist with discovery and provide dozens of other services.
