How can Exponent's multidisciplinary approach help achieve critical understanding regarding complex medical records?
When you require timely, thorough medical records analysis, Exponent delivers expert multidisciplinary consulting services — including biomechanical engineering expertise, expert nurse consulting, and radiological expertise — for a range of assessments. Exponent provides specialized clinical knowledge and expertise to help evaluate incidents that require comprehensive assessment or screening of healthcare information.
Exponent consults worldwide on accident and biomechanical investigations, medical product and pharmaceutical challenges, and toxic exposure incidents, providing expert interpretation and analysis of medical documentation. We provide post-incident reviews, interpret medical records and data, conduct radiology reviews, forensic pathology assessments, and review medical diagnoses.
Services
For 50+ years, we’ve thrived on solving unstructured problems that require bespoke solutions. Some of our services include:
Key Capabilities
• Post-incident review, analysis, and summary of medical, nursing, first responder documentation to assist in accurately determining the sequence of physical forces, processes, or events that produced clinical evidence of injury or clinical issues
• Interpretation of medical data (e.g., jargon, abbreviations, and protocols)
• Review of pre-incident medical records for previous injuries, illnesses, or other predisposition for injury
• Radiology reviews (identification of type and location of trauma, as well as direction of applied loads to generate injury)
• Forensic pathology, including medical diagnoses such as time and cause of death
• Preparation of detailed, exhibit-ready diagrams to visually depict injury sites, including their respective location, size, shape, and character
• Injury scoring (e.g., AIS analysis)
• Notations and recommendations regarding missing documentation, omissions, errors, and suspected altered or tampering of medical records
• Observations regarding supporting or conflicting statements surrounding the event and its occurrence
• Literature searches for relevant, authoritative medical literature, guidelines, and pertinent research data
Information Reviews and Analysis
• Research and integration of authoritative healthcare literature, guidelines, standards of care, and regulations as related to details of pertinent medical procedures, illnesses, and injuries
• Evaluation of complex cases involving personal injury, medical malpractice, and product liability for causation, predisposing or precipitating factors, and residual effects
• Preparation of custom-made work products, as well as standard summaries and chronologies, injury lists, and diagrams
• Identification of subject matter experts needed
Our Capabilities Are Unparalleled
With expertise in over 90 disciplines and hundreds of capabilities, tools, and methodologies — we get to the root of even the most complex challenges and give you the objective answers you need.
Biomechanical Expertise for Product Evaluations
Biomechanical risk evaluation for products ranging from consumer and recreational products to industrial equipment and vehicles.
Biomechanical Injury Investigations & Analysis
Skilled biomechanical analysis to help determine the cause of specific injuries and communicate results in a relevant and clear context.
Biomechanical Engineering Support for Product Design & Development
Biomechanics product design analysis for a range of applications — from apparel to consumer products to wearable sensors to vehicles.
Biomechanical Testing & Modeling
Uncover the root cause of injuries with robust and advanced biomechanical analysis.
Experts
Our global and comprehensive expertise across industries gives us a deep understanding of current challenges, best industry practices, and the implications of emerging technologies.
