These will help put a professional face on your IME reports. But it’s much more than branding — these professional-level tools can improve your process, your practice, and your outcomes.
Choose the tools that will help you the most:
Medicolegal Terms List for Indexing
Document indexing permits you to identify keywords quickly. It makes your work easier and provides value to your client.
It is essential to use a comprehensive list of medicolegal terms. Unfortunately, there was no list available until we developed this. We involved three teams whom each developed a list. We combined lists and edited them. The tasks were far more daunting than we anticipated and took months of effort. We are pleased to provide you with the result of a list of over seventeen thousand words, including medical terms, legal terms, and drugs. Now you can quickly create superb indices that will increase the quality and efficiency of your work and impress your clients.
You are provided with:
- A list to index .pdf documents that have been optically character recognized (OCR). Using a unique product, PDF Index Generator , you can create indices with only seconds of your time. This file is in text format. View the demonstration.
- A list to index MS Word documents, using the indexing function in word. The MS Word document with two columns is used to “automark.” View the demonstration.
- The index in Excel spreadsheet format.
Your purchase provides licensure for your personal use and is not the be shared. We place tracking words in the document to monitor use. If shared with someone without our permission, it is agreed that there is a penalty of $25,000 per incident. We have invested significantly in this development, and the material is proprietary.
Online History
Enhance the quality and efficiency of your history interviews by having the examinee completing this online or doing this in conjunction with a staff member. This comprehensive history tool meets best practice standards. Once completed, a report in Word format is generated and sent to the physician. Its use will save physicians typically more than an hour per assessment. The result is so thorough that it will provide you with the information you need and distinguish your work from others using antiquated approaches.
View a demonstration of this system by clicking here.
These are the steps:
- Obtain (purchase) an account at CognitoForms. The fees charged by Cognitor Forms for a Pro account is $15/month, and the Enterprise (HIPPA compliant) is $99/month.
- Provide us (support@cbrigham.com) with your user id and password for us to install the history form and monitor use.
- We will make minor modifications to meet your practice needs, and installation includes up to 5 hours for customization.
- We will instruct you and your staff on its use.
We will be adding other forms in the summer of 2021, including referral and satisfaction surveys.
The initial fee is $887 and includes ten histories. Additional histories are $50 per history. In addition, we will monitor your account periodically (monthly or quarterly) and invoice you for use. Since physician billable time typically is five to ten times this fee, this saves an hour; this provides a tremendous return on investment.
5th Edition — essential IME forms and templates
Templates and forms facilitate the development of a quality report: the MS Word product resulting from your evaluation. Their use results in a more thorough and highly valued product, and saves time.
The template package consists of Examinee Forms (including a Welcome, “Information and Instructions About Your Examination” (informed consent), Medical Evaluation Questionnaire, Pain Drawing, Functional Inventories (Pain Disability Questionnaire, QuickDASH and AAOS Lower Limb Outcome Scale) and Satisfaction Survey (completed by the examinee at the end of the visit). Report templates are provided for female and male; a PDF version provides comments and explanations.
Best practices are to complete as much of the Template prior to the evaluation, including deleting sections that are not relevant. The resulting draft is used during the visit to record your findings and serves at the basis for your report. You may choose to dictate the examinee’s history in the presence of the examinee. You may complete your report using the draft document with notes; you will make edits and add text (which may be transcribed) as appropriate. When the report is complete, update the Table of Contents at the beginning of the report by moving your cursor over that section, right clicking and left clicking on “Update Field”. Optionally, you may add an Index. Spell and grammar check prior to sending to your client.
Report formats are to be used and modified only by licensed purchasers. The licenses are for single users; multiple users may use only if a written license permitting this is obtained from Brigham and Associates, Inc. Therefore, the templates are not to be shared in a practice or among colleagues; such sharing lacks integrity, does not reflect an appreciation of the hundreds of hours involved in developing and refining these resources, and is illegal.
Form and Template package includes:
- Instructions on Use
- Examinee Forms (PDF Version)
- Examinee Forms (Word Version for editing)
- Female Medical and Impairment Evaluation Report Template (PDF Version with comments)
- Female Medical and Impairment Evaluation Report Template (Word Version for editing)
- Male Medical and Impairment Evaluation Report Template (PDF Version with comments)
- Male Medical and Impairment Evaluation Report Template (Word Version for editing)
5th Edition forms — ready to use:
6th Edition — essential IME forms and templates
Templates and forms facilitate the development of a quality report – the word product resulting from your evaluation. Their use will result in a more thorough and highly valued product, and saves time.
The template package consists of Examinee Forms (including a Welcome, “Information and Instructions About Your Examination” (informed consent), Medical Evaluation Questionnaire, Pain Drawing, Functional Inventories (Pain Disability Questionnaire, QuickDASH and AAOS Lower Limb Outcome Scale) and Satisfaction Survey (completed by the examinee at the end of the visit). Report templates are provided for female and male.
Best practices are to complete as much of the Template prior to the evaluation, including deleting sections that are not relevant. The resulting draft is used during the visit to record your findings and serves at the basis for your report. You may choose to dictate the examinee’s history in the presence of the examinee. You may complete your report using the draft document with notes; you will make edits and add text (which may be transcribed) as appropriate. When the report is complete, update the Table of Contents at the beginning of the report by moving your cursor over that section, right clicking and left clicking on “Update Field”. Optionally, you may add an Index. Spell and grammar check prior to sending to your client.
Report formats are to be used and modified only by licensed purchasers. The licenses are for single users; multiple users may use only if a written license permitting this is obtained from Brigham and Associates, Inc. Therefore, the templates are not to be shared in a practice or among colleagues; such sharing lacks integrity, does not reflect an appreciation of the hundreds of hours involved in developing and refining these resources, and is illegal.
From and Template package includes:
- Instructions on Use
- Examinee Forms (PDF Version)
- Examinee Forms (Word Version for editing)
- Female Medical and Impairment Evaluation Report Template (Word Version for editing)
- Male Medical and Impairment Evaluation Report Template (Word Version for editing)
6th Edition forms — ready to use:
IME Handbook
by Steven Feinberg, MD and Christopher R. Brigham, MD
An essential resource for any physician performing independent medical evaluations (IME). This concise book is full of crucial information, including the difference between an IME and medical consultation, IME referral sources, pitfalls, report writing techniques, pre- and post-evaluation issues, IME report writing, fee and payment policies, IME liability issues, marketing, training and certification, recommended reading, and IME Checklist.
E-mail signature template
Your emails should reflect your professionalism, including an appropriate signature with non-disclosure notices. Using the template, you can create a professional signature in 2–3 minutes.
