Independent Medical Evaluation: A Practical Guide

This comprehensive book thoroughly addresses every aspect of Independent Medical Evaluations, an important part of many medical specialty disciplines where forensic opinions are needed by patients, physicians, insurers, and attorneys. Independent Medical Evaluation: A Practical Guide begins by defining the IME product and the IME evaluator themselves, explaining the medicolegal systems, and providing guidance towards establishing these professional services. Following this, the book describes how to best use medical records, and best-practices for taking an IME history and conducting an examination. The final few chapters cover developing an IME report, the common challenges and pitfalls encountered, with strategies and pearls shared to illustrate how to avoid them. Structured in a concise, practical format, this essential guide includes a large selection of sample models and templates, for additional teaching purposes.

• Supplementing Your Income with Medical Records File Reviews and Independent Medical Examinations (IME's), 3rd Edition: A Directory of Referral Sources for Reviews and IME's
• Writing and Defending Your IME Report: The Comprehensive Guide
• AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Disease and Injury Causation
• Guide to Evaluation of Functional Ability: How to Request, Interpet, and Apply Functional Capacity Evaluations (American Medical Association)
• AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Work Ability and Return to Work
• Physician's Guide to Medicolegal Practice
• Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Sixth Edition
• Independent Medical Evaluation Report : A Step-by-Step Guide with Models