In the world of personal injury law, the ability to build a compelling case hinges on the mastery of medical records. However, the sheer volume of data and the complexity of medical terminology can be daunting obstacles for even the most seasoned attorney. Enter the...
Medical summaries
Importance of indexing medical records by category
Medical records are written by medical practitioners for healthcare purposes. To take full use of this detailed record of procedures and health status for other purposes such as legal, insurance, or research requires detailed cross references to examine data in a...
10 Unique ways we make better medical summaries
Our scientific approach to medical record data summarization, supports every assertion we include in our medical summaries with multiple levels of references. Our summaries are provided to our customers in one unified PDF file which includes: The overview page or Page...
Understanding medical terminology in medical records
Using HHS's standard medical terminology ensures that medical and healthcare staff have common understanding, and nothing is lost in misinterpretation. Working in a fast-paced, high-risk field, such as healthcare makes it important to ensure clarity with conciseness....
Making sense of PDF medical records – A research report
Over 5 million medical reviews each business day are done based on medical PDF/acrobat records. Telegenisys was no different but three years ago we decided to convert medical files into medical data we could use, refer to, and export from PDF files. We created...
Examining Medical Records for Sufficiency for Medical Research
Telegenisys research support group retrieves and organizes medical records for natural history studies and clinical trials. Our teams often extract and summarize relevant retrospective data found in medical records. Medical record sufficiency is perhaps more pertinent...
Fitness and Frailty determinants for life expectancy
Fitness and frailty[1] factors help determine the physiological decline of a person over his lifetime. The coping mechanism of the body to the onslaught of diseases decreases as age progresses. An underwriter assessing for life expectancy looks at travel history,...
How history of present illness helps assess life expectancy
History of present illness is a summarized description that gives information regarding the progression of the client’s active illness from the onset to the present. History of present illness helps in medical decision making, investigate the client’s problem, and...
BMI history helps assess life expectancy
BMI helps a medical records reviewer to assess the comorbidities that may be expected in a person who has a higher or lower body mass index than normal. What is BMI? BMI stands for Body Mass Index. It is a value to measure a person’s weight with respect to height. The...
Past medical history helps assess life expectancy
Past Medical History (PMH) is perhaps the most important section of doctors' notes impacting longevity assessment. When looked at medical conditions chronologically these provide a progression of disease severity or resolution. Unresolved diseases with chronic...