Clinical negligence and personal injury cases can involve a huge amount of information.
Medical records, correspondence, chronologies, clinical assessments and other case documents can quickly build up. When that information is spread across different systems, folders and emails, finding what you need can become another task in itself.
Keeping the case in one place can make it easier to manage.
Less time spent switching between systems
It’s easy for a case to become fragmented. Medical records might be stored in one place, a chronology somewhere else, while other documents sit across separate systems. Each additional step might only take a small amount of time, but across a caseload, it can quickly add up.
Bringing more of the process together means less time spent moving between systems and searching for information, and more time focused on the case itself.
Easier access to the information you need
Medical records can run into thousands of pages, often containing information from multiple trusts and spanning several years, sometimes decades. Having those records securely stored alongside other relevant case information makes it easier to access what you need when you need it.
Technology can make this process even simpler. Within MedBrief, users can access their case, medical records and radiology through one secure platform. Tools such as MedBrief Insights can then help users navigate that information, identify key events and ask questions about the records without moving between different systems.
A more connected workflow
Keeping a case in one place isn’t only about storing information together. It can also help different stages of the case feel more connected.
Information gathered earlier in a claim can be useful later on. Medical records may inform a chronology, clinical review or Early Case Assessment, while the information already held within the case can help when further expertise is needed.
When these stages are disconnected, information may need to be found, transferred or entered again.
A more connected approach can reduce duplication and make it easier to move from one stage of the case to the next.
Keeping track of the case
With multiple documents, providers and people involved, having a clear view of what has happened within a case is important.
Keeping activity within one platform can make it easier to see what information is available, what work has been completed and where the case currently stands.
It also creates greater consistency, with information and documents held in a central location rather than spread across different places.
Security matters too
Convenience isn’t the only consideration when bringing case information together.
Clinical negligence and personal injury cases contain highly sensitive information, so any platform used to manage medical records and case documents needs to have appropriate security measures in place. Our platform is ISO 27001 certified and Cyber Essentials Plus certified, helping us maintain high standards for information security and data protection.
Keeping information together should make cases simpler without compromising on the security that sensitive medical information requires.
Bringing the case together
There will always be different people and processes involved in progressing a claim. Keeping more of that work connected can make managing it considerably simpler.
We bring medical record requesting, hosting, sorting and pagination, chronologies, clinical services and technology together through one secure platform, helping legal teams manage more of their cases in one place.
Because when the information is connected, working with it becomes easier too.