Certified Legal Nurse Consulting Firm and Expert Witness Services

Tina Minkel - Medical Legal Strategies

3450 Palmer Drive
Suite 4432
Cameron Park, California 95682
USA

Contact: Ms. Tina J Minkel
Tel: (866) 672-0841, Fax: (866) 672-0841

 Website: http://medlegalstrategies.com/
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Expert Witness - Forensic Expert - Litigation Support - Speaker Bureau

Tina Minkel, is founder and President of Medical Legal Strategies, a national consulting firm established in 2006.

Tina and her network of associates have been working with attorneys, law firms and healthcare organizations reviewing and evaluating medical records for adherence to standards of care and compliance with regulatory requirements.

Services

Medical Legal Strategies provides the following services:

* Screening Medical Records for Merit
* Clarifying documentation, meeting standards of practice and ensuring all essential records are obtained and complete
* Locating Expert Witnesses (to ensure standards of knowledge/professionalism, Jury Appeal, rule out "HIRED GUNS", and potential Conflicts of Interest) to identify ALL the perspective Expert Professions to ensure a winning case
* Preparing questions for Deposition, Preparing the Client for Jury
* Developing Case Chronologies ( from verbal, brief or comprehensive reports, specific to your needs)
* Identifying Documents obtained during discovery
* Detecting Tampering of Medical Records in both Written and Electronic Documentation
* Identify relevant Standards of Care for Medical Professionals
* Developing legally sound Strategies and Theories demonstrative Anatomical and Animational resources to strengthen your case
* Providing Authoritative Research literature that support to theoretical structure of case development
* Insuring application of current JACHO and regulatory standards
* Analyzing Personal Injury records

Litigation Support Services

Medical Legal Strategies provides expert witness testimony to both plaintiff and defense attorneys.

Areas of Expertise:


Profile

As a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant with over 15 years as a Registered Nurse, I provide a unique set of skills for both Plaintiff and Defense attorneys in a variety of medical related cases.
As a practicing RN, I am well versed in the most up-to-date Standards of Medical Care in the healthcare system today.
As an Administrator I am well polished in Professional Peer Review, Quality Assurance regulations, policies and procedural Standards of Care for both ambulatory and non-ambulatory care facilities, including regulatory standards for JACHO, Medicare and state/federal agency standards.
As a Clinical Educator for both nurses and physicians and a member of an investigation Strike Team, I can quickly identify any adherence's to or deviations from the standard of practice in any medical record.
As a member of the Electronic Medical Record design team for over 33 medical facilities, I am a master at record research.

Licenses

Certified Legal Nurse Consultant
Baccalaureate Degree Registered Nurse (BSN) Kent State University, Ohio
International DOPPS Research Award/Clinical Standards Coordinator
Nephrology/End Stage Kidney Disease Educator
Quality Assurance Coordinator Ohio and California
Practice and Policy Committee Ohio and California
Infectious Disease Specialist/Ca
Public Health Strike Team CDC California
Infectious Disease Educator Ohio and California

Professional Experience

Mason Anne' Psychiatric Facility: Behavioral Health/Elder Care Registered Nurse 1993-1995

Fresenius Nephrology Group Ohio : Registered Nurse-Clinical Nurse Specialist, Staff Development, Staff Scheduling, Drug and Medication Dosing Educator 1995-2000

Renal Care Group Ohio : Administrator of 3 Dialysis Facilties ( including new facility start ups, clinical building design coordinator,
Policy and Procedure Compliance Coordinator(P&P), Federal/State agency and Medicare Coordinator, Hands-on Staff Nursing Educator/Development , Quality Assurance Coordinator, Drug and Medication Dosing Educator, Patient Educator, DOPPS Research Investigations, Staff Scheduling) 2000-2005

Davita Nephrology Group: Administrator, Policy and Procedure Compliance Coordinator(P&P), Federal/State agency and Medicare Coordinator, Hands-on Staff Nursing Educator, Staff Development, Quality Assurance Coordinator, Drug and Medication Dosing Educator, Patient Educator, Staff Scheduling 2005-2008

El Dorado County Fire Department: Education/Trainer for Parametics 2005-2008
Certified Life Support Coordinator/Educator 1995-Present
Public Health and Infectious Disease California State Prison
Electronic Medical Record Design/Orion CDCR

Education

Baccalaureate Nursing Degree (BSN)
Nephrology / Dialysis Nurse Certification 1996
Administrative Staff Development Certification 1999
International Research DOPPS 2000
Public Health and Infectious Disease Certification 2007
Certified Legal Nurse Consultant: Vickie Milazzo Institute 2005 (CLNC)

Consulting Practice:

All States

More Information:

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