Medical-Legal Report Writing, Editing, and Proofreading
Our medical-legal team’s specialty is helping medical experts produce reports that are clear, credible, and helpful to the referrer. We have a combined total of nearly 20 years of experience analyzing and proofreading independent medical examinations (IMEs), file reviews, medical-legal reports, clinical reports, insurer examinations, and Workers’ Compensation reports in a variety of disciplines, including:
-addictions
-cardiology
-chiropractic care
-clinical psychology
-dentistry
-functional capacity
-future care
-infectious disease
-neurology
-neuropsychology
-occupational therapy
-ophthalmology
-orthopedics
-otolaryngology
-physiatry
-podiatry
-psychiatry
-rheumatology
-speech-language pathology
We offer three tiers of medical-legal report analysis:
Tier 1: Copy Editing/Proofreading
Tier 2: Medical Record Analysis + Copy Editing/Proofreading
Medical record analysis:
Tier 3: Medical Record Analysis + Report Formatting + Copy and Stylistic Editing
Medical record analysis:
Medical Writing
We also offer medical writing services, including the following:
We offer customizable, confidential, and secure writing and editing services for medical-legal experts. Contact us at info@maplewoodeditorial.com for more information.
-addictions
-cardiology
-chiropractic care
-clinical psychology
-dentistry
-functional capacity
-future care
-infectious disease
-neurology
-neuropsychology
-occupational therapy
-ophthalmology
-orthopedics
-otolaryngology
-physiatry
-podiatry
-psychiatry
-rheumatology
-speech-language pathology
We offer three tiers of medical-legal report analysis:
Tier 1: Copy Editing/Proofreading
- analyze report text for completeness, correctness, and consistency in grammar, punctuation, and spelling
- ensure history is in chronological order
- ensure consistency of editorial style (capitalization, hyphenation, etc.) and formatting
- ensure tables, charts, and other visual elements are presented consistently
- check pagination and figure and table numbering for accuracy
- light fact checking and querying glaring inconsistencies
Tier 2: Medical Record Analysis + Copy Editing/Proofreading
Medical record analysis:
- analyze the claimant’s medical records and crosscheck with report content
- flag missing records and insert into report
- ensure questions in the referrer letter are addressed and clearly answered in the report
- analyze report text for completeness, correctness, and consistency in grammar, punctuation, and spelling
- ensure history is in chronological order
- ensure consistency of editorial style (capitalization, hyphenation, etc.) and formatting
- ensure tables, charts, and other visual elements are presented consistently
- check pagination and figure and table numbering for accuracy
- light fact checking and querying glaring inconsistencies
- make suggestions in the form of marginal comments to clarify meaning and refine tone and language to fit audience
Tier 3: Medical Record Analysis + Report Formatting + Copy and Stylistic Editing
Medical record analysis:
- analyze the claimant’s medical records and crosscheck with report content
- flag missing records and insert into report
- ensure questions in the referrer letter are addressed and clearly answered in the report
- make suggestions in the form of marginal comments to clarify meaning and refine tone and language to fit audience
- reduce or simplify technical/medical jargon
- smooth out awkward phrasing
- edit for wording and phrasing for tone, flow, and level of formality
- tighten text by eliminating unnecessary words
- analyze report text for completeness, correctness, and consistency in grammar, punctuation, and spelling
- ensure history is in chronological order
- ensure consistency of editorial style (capitalization, hyphenation, etc.) and formatting
- ensure tables, charts, and other visual elements are presented consistently
- check pagination and figure and table numbering for accuracy
- light fact checking and querying glaring inconsistencies
- ensure visual hierarchy makes report structure clear
- produce a table of contents
- apply Word styles to headings, subheads, and paragraphs
Medical Writing
We also offer medical writing services, including the following:
- Summaries and condensed writeups of case studies
- Copywriting of web and newsletter content for healthcare providers
- Medical-legal report writing assistance:
- Transforming raw and point-form interview notes and behavioural observations into organized prose
- Converting nonclinical test results and questionnaire responses into paragraph form
- Summarizing detailed reviews of client records
- Weaving together a timeline and narrative using information extracted and condensed from background documents (e.g., intake forms, medical records, interview notes)
We offer customizable, confidential, and secure writing and editing services for medical-legal experts. Contact us at info@maplewoodeditorial.com for more information.