Today's issue of TL NewsWire covers an online resource for researching medical-related case law, images, references, standards of care, public records, experts, and more (see article below). In addition, you'll find links to the previous 11 TL NewsWire features, including our coverage of a collection of practice guides and forms for transactional lawyers, software for managing exhibits and creating a table of exhibits, an iPhone practice management app with one-touch access to all functions, a virtual desktop service with bank-grade security, practice management software five years in the making, and much more. Don't miss the next issue.
If you file or defend malpractice or other cases involving medical issues, your research needs invariably extend beyond case law. For example, if you need a medical image, options range from buying an expensive license to using an image from a random website and hoping it's accurate. A trusted resource with one-stop shopping would be ideal.
MedMal Navigator … in One Sentence
LexisNexis MedMal Navigator is a collection of online tools that enables you to research medical-related case law, images, references, standards of care, public records, experts, and more.
The Killer Feature
MedMal Navigator recently gained a new data source — more than 10,000 medical images from Netter Images. Many educators and doctors consider these images of medical conditions the "gold standard." They're made by the same company that publishes Gray's Anatomy, the iconic illustrated reference for doctors.
LexisNexis claims that MedMal Navigator now has 70% more medical images than its closest competitor. Additionally, you need not buy images a la carte but can instead access the entire database without any copyright hassles. You can download images in high-resolution format suitable for trial boards and HDTVs, and share images with colleagues by sending them the corresponding web links or saving them to a Lexis Advance Shared Folder.
"The addition of more than 10,000 premium medical illustrations from Netter Images opens up one-click access to compelling content that helps medical malpractice lawyers bring the complex medical issues in their cases to life with greater clarity and impact," said Sean Fitzpatrick, Managing Director of North American Research Solutions at LexisNexis. "It's also an excellent example of our commitment to offer the premier, one-stop medical malpractice resource."
Other Notable Features
MedMal Navigator organizes information in seven major categories — Case Value Assessment, Standard of Care, Legal Analysis, Expert Witness, Research Parties, Elsevier's Clinical Key, and Medical References.
Before taking on a case or preparing a defense, you need to understand the medical problem and its potential value. With the Elsevier Clinical Key, you can quickly find and learn about a particular illness or injury. For more in-depth research, the Medical References tab enables you to search more than 1,600 medical journals published by Elsevier Science.
MedMal Navigator's Case Value Assessment tool walks you through a questionnaire about your client's case. It then uses your answers to list applicable verdicts in your jurisdiction sorted by how closely they match your case. A chart above the search results plots the verdict amounts against the Percent Fact Match.
The Standard of Care tool, works similarly by providing an interactive questionnaire for client intake. It explains the importance of each question, and provides links to medical journals for context. When you enter the answers, the Standard of Care tool alerts you to potential problems in a lawsuit.
The tools for Research Parties and Legal Analysis draw their material from Lexis Advance. This obviates the need for separate logins. The Legal Analysis tool further saves time by facilitating searches of medical malpractice case law. The Research Parties tool features a new Facebook-like interface for finding public records about a party or witness.
What Else Should You Know?
MedMal Navigator's Expert Witness tool contains more than 365,000 experts, including their curriculum vitae and testimony in prior cases. Learn more about MedMal Navigator.
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