Primary Areas of Expertise
Emergency Department Operations and Standards
Critical Care Operations and Standards
Hospital Operations and Ambulatory and Outpatient Services.
Independent Provider Practice Management
Occupational Health and Correctional Health
I am a registered nurse and healthcare executive with over 30 years of experience in improving patient safety, experience, and clinical outcomes. I have business acumen and an in-depth understanding of hospital operations, regulatory compliance, and accreditation. My experience is in prehospital and emergency nursing, short-term and long-term acute care hospital administration, consulting, provider practice management, and ambulatory services giving me a diverse and broad knowledge base in both clinical and executive level operations.
Services:
- Medical record review, summary and analysis
- Medical record chronology of relevant facts
- Interpret medical terminology and procedures
- Prepare medical specials
- Identify and recommend potential defendants, key witnesses
- Identify and evaluate potential experts
- Evaluate mechanism of injury
- Assess causation, damages, contributing and/or mitigating factors
- Review case documents, complaints, 622 reports, pleadings and motions
- Understand what is at-issue and the legal strategies used by attorneys
- Prepare for interviews and depositions
- Prepare interview questions, key points
- Attend and report on independent medical examinations (IMEs)
- Research and integrate relevant medical and nursing literature from authoritative sources in support of the medical facts and issues.
Practice Areas:
- Personal Injury
- Medical malpractice
- Product liability
- Toxic tort
- Workers’ compensation
- Risk management
- Regulatory compliance
- Forensic/criminal
Education:
- Masters in Healthcare Administration
- Masters in Science of Nursing
- Registered Nurse
Experience:
- Prehospital care
- Emergency department nurse
- Short-term acute and long-term acute care hospital administration
- Hospital quality, safety, and risk mitigation
- Patient flow and Throughput
- Process Improvement
- EMR and data footprint
- Hospital licensure, regulatory compliance, and accreditation standards
- Medical Staff credentialing
- Independent provider practice management
- Ambulatory and outpatient services
- Occupational Health
- Correctional Health
Credentials:
- MHA
- MSN
- RN
- Legal Nurse Consultant Certified
- CPHQ- pending
- NEA-BC pending
Review Kristine Shields, MHA MSN RN LNCC.