SERVICES PROVIDED

Below you will find a complete breakdown of the various services I provide.

Assessing Medical Records
and Analyzing the Case

• Identify, locate, review and interpret relevant medical records, hospital policies and procedures, other documents and tangible items.
• Organize, tab and paginate medical records for easy reference.
• Prepare chronologies of the medical events involved in a case.
• Summarize, translate and interpret medical records.
• Identify issues of tampering with the medical records.
• Screen medical malpractice cases for merit.
• Identify, locate, summarize and interpret applicable standards of care.
• Identify adherences to and deviations from these standards.
• Identify causation issues, assess damages/injuries and identify contributing factors.
• Identify and recommend potential defendants.
• Develop written reports for the attorney's use as study tools.

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Supporting the Attorney's Case

• Search and summarize medical and nursing literature and integrate results of your search into case analysis.
• Analyze the validity of research studies relied on by all parties.
• Coordinate and attend independent medical examinations.
• Help in developing life care plans.
• Expand the attorney's medical library.

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Serving as the Attorney's Liaison

• Interview plaintiff and defense clients, key witnesses and experts.
• Consult with healthcare providers.
• Meet with other consultants and service providers on the attorney's behalf.

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Working with Experts and
Other Witnesses

• Identify types of testifying experts needed for the case.
• Find and communicate with appropriate expert witnesses for deposition and trial.
• Analyze potential experts' reports and other work product.
• Help prepare witnesses and experts for deposition and trial.
• Serve as an expert witness and testify to the nursing standard of care.

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Assisting with Discovery and
Preparing for Court

• Prepare questions for deposition or trial examination (direct or cross).
• Prepare interrogatories and requests for production.
• Review and draft responses to various legal documents and correspondence for the attorney's signature.
• Analyze and summarize depositions and past testimony.
• Assist with exhibit preparation and other demonstrative evidence.
• Attend courtroom proceedings when relevant.
• Coordinate and assist with facilitating focus groups and mock trials.
• Assist in resolution of cases through alternative dispute resolution, such as arbitration and mediation.

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Jeanine N. Swygman, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC, CCRN-CMC, CLNC
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner | Certified Legal Nurse Consultant 
P.O. Box 1783 | Lake Oswego, OR 97035 | 503.545.6305 | 503.210.0213 fax | PreferredMedicalLegal@hotmail.com