29 Jan 2007
Medical Litigator: Bridging Medical & Legal Worlds
EAGAN, Minn.
Litigators need an in-depth understanding of medical issues and a clear grasp of medical vernacular and anatomy to expertly assess medical litigation cases, speak to experts and represent clients. Medical Litigator, the newest offering in the Thomson West Litigator suite, integrates specialized content with workflow tools and enables litigators to bridge medical and legal worlds. West is a business within The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and the foremost provider of integrated information solutions to the U.S. legal market.
“Medical Litigator pulls together the best content from the medical
profession’s journals, abstracts and resources, and couples it with
the best Thomson products including Micromedex’s premier drug and
disease information and Thomson Scientific’s Science Citation
Index,” said Mike Dahn, vice president, New Product Development.
“When we connect these resources with Westlaw Medical
Litigator’s single-search capabilities, we connect medical knowledge
with premier case law, statutes and legal analysis.”
The new thesaurus-powered Medical Litigator search engine translates layman’s terminology, such as heart attack, to the specific medical language of cardiac infarction or myocardial infarction. To better understand the location and affect of the injury, high definition images from the Attorneys Medical Advantage (AMA) and Blausen provide a clear, visual presentation. And, throughout the research process the litigation team can search all of Westlaw Medical Litigator content, eliminating the need to select specific databases. Medical Litigator bridges the chasm between medical and legal, so researchers can concentrate on the client and the case.
Note to Editors: News announcements from LegalTech New York 2007 and podcasts featuring Jeff Willhite, Medical Litigator; Monica Bay, editor of Law Technology News; Dennis Kennedy, technologist and practitioner; Denis Hauptly, Thomson West New Product Development; Will Robberts, LiveNote; and Steve Buege, Elite are now available at west.thomson.com/news/events.
Thomson West
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West is the foremost provider of integrated information solutions to the
U.S. legal market. Thomson West is a business within The Thomson
Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and was formed when West Publishing and
Thomson Legal Publishing merged in June 1996. For more information, please
visit the Thomson West Web site at west.thomson.com.
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to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting,
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Contacts
Gretchen DeSutter
Thomson West
Tel: +1 800 778 8090 x77450