MEDICAL CHRONOLOGY SERVICES
Make Complex Treatment Histories Easier to Follow.
Medical treatment can span years, providers, and thousands of pages. Lexmata brings documented medical events into a clear, chronological view so your legal team can follow the history without piecing it together page by page.
UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS
More Than Putting Dates in Order.
A medical chronology organizes documented medical events by date, helping legal teams follow how treatment unfolded over time.
Depending on the case, a chronology may include:
Dates & Providers
- Dates of treatment and medical visits
- Providers and facilities
- Referrals and follow-up appointments
Medical Events
- Diagnoses and reported symptoms
- Procedures, surgeries, and imaging
- Test results and medications
Changes Over Time
- Prior conditions and treatment
- Changes in symptoms or care
- Gaps in documented treatment
A chronology goes beyond arranging documents by date. It brings the relevant events into one sequence, making it easier to understand the course of care and reference the supporting medical records.
THE CHALLENGE
One Patient.Multiple Providers.Years of Treatment.
Building a medical chronology manually can mean reviewing hundreds or thousands of pages, identifying relevant events, and arranging them into a consistent timeline.
That becomes more complicated when records arrive out of order, treatment spans multiple facilities, or prior medical history overlaps with current care.
For legal teams managing record-heavy cases, creating and maintaining these timelines can take considerable time away from other casework.
AI-POWERED REVIEW
Less Time Building the Timeline. More Time Understanding It.
AI technologies can help identify dates, providers, and documented medical events across large record sets. Combined with OCR technology, they can also make scanned records searchable and support the preparation of a structured chronology.
These tools can reduce repetitive searching and organization while leaving legal analysis, case strategy, and final decisions with the legal team.
THE LEXMATA APPROACH
Send the Records. We’ll Put the History in Order.
Lexmata provides AI-powered medical chronology services, combining its patented Extract Process with AI technologies to process medical records and prepare a chronological view of documented care.
Depending on the requested review, Lexmata can help your team:
- Identify and organizemedical events by date
- Followtreatment across providers and facilities
- Connectdiagnoses, procedures, imaging, and other findings to documented visits
- Trackchanges in treatment and follow-up care
- Keepfindings linked to their supporting medical records
Your team receives an organized chronology that can be reviewed and referenced throughout the case.
No software to install. No subscriptions. No long-term contracts.
ORGANIZED AND READY TO USE
The Medical History, in Sequence.
Lexmata Explain provides organized medical records, medical summaries, and a fact chronology that helps your team follow documented treatment over time.
The deliverable: A hyperlinked PDF with a medical summary and fact chronology, allowing your team to reference the underlying medical records.
PRIMARY EXAMPLE
Chronological Medical Events
Follow documented visits, diagnoses, procedures, and treatment changes in date order.
SUPPORTING EXAMPLE
Source-Linked Findings
Reference the medical records supporting the reported information.
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FAQ
Common Questions About Medical Chronologies
What is a medical chronology?
A medical chronology is a date-ordered account of medical events documented in a patient’s records. It helps legal teams follow treatment history, diagnoses, procedures, providers, and other information relevant to a legal matter.
How is a medical chronology different from a medical summary?
A medical chronology organizes documented events in date order to show how treatment unfolded. A medical summary provides a more focused account of relevant medical history and findings. Depending on the review, the two can be used together.
How can AI help prepare a medical chronology?
AI technologies can help identify, organize, and structure medical information across large record sets. This can reduce repetitive searching and provide a more consistent starting point for chronological review. The results should still be reviewed in the context of the case.
Can a medical chronology include records from multiple providers?
Yes. A medical chronology can bring together documented visits and treatment events from multiple providers and facilities, making it easier to follow the history across different sources.
Do we need medical chronology software to use Lexmata?
No. Lexmata provides medical chronology services. Your team sends the records and review requirements, and Lexmata prepares the requested deliverable without requiring new software, subscriptions, or long-term contracts.
See the Medical History More Clearly.
Tell us how your team currently prepares medical chronologies, and we’ll help determine which Lexmata services fit your needs.
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