One of the most frustrating and time-consuming tasks legal professionals face when working on malpractice, product liability, personal injury, workers compensation, or other medical-related legal cases is collecting, organizing and analyzing their clients’ personal medical records, according to a new white paper published by MediConnect Global, Inc.

According to Strategies and Best Practices in Medical Record Retrieval, co-written by Thomas A. Schultz, a partner for Lopez, Hodes, Restaino, Milman & Skikos of Newport Beach, Calif., law firms must use patient medical records more than they ever have in the past for use in litigation.

“Initially it doesn’t seem like it would be that difficult to obtain medical records for clients,” said Schultz. “But, there are so many things to remember and sequences to go through that one little mistake can delay record retrieval significantly and delay litigation in important cases. This white paper will walk legal professionals through the most critical and strategic steps to obtaining client medical records—and ultimately saving them time and costs.”

The white paper outlines 14 strategic ways law firms can improve the medical record retrieval process making it easier to build and win profitable cases.

Strategies and Best Practices in Medical Record Retrieval is available at the MediConnect Global Web site. www.mediconnect.net

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