Proper medical documentation plays a crucial role in the everyday lives of medical professionals. Errors and omissions, whether accidental or calculated, can lead to issues in care delivery and defense litigation--even when the care itself was properly rendered. In this episode of WOCTalk, we sit down with two partners from the medical malpractice defense group at White and Williams LLP: Debra Weinrich and Edward Beitz, to discuss being a witness, EMR documentation, legal issues and how medical professionals can protect themselves against medical malpractice.

Interested in learning more about this topic? View Debra and Edwards full conference session, “Protecting Your Present and Future: Legal Issues, Being a Witness, EMR Documentation” here:

Want to review more sessions from the WOCN Society’s 50th Annual Conference? The full conference library is available for purchase. Choose from the entire package, or individual sessions:

Other sessions about legal issues and/or EMRs in the WOCN Society’s Continuing Education Center (CEC) include:

Protecting the Roots: Litigation Free EMR

On the Witness Stand

Speaker Bios

Edward Beitz, Esquire - Partner, White and Williams LLP

Edward Beitz is a partner in the medical malpractice defense group at White and Williams LLP. In his ten-year tenure with the firm, he has defended numerous malpractice cases to verdict. His responsibilities include trying case, preparing witnesses for deposition, retaining and preparing experts, developing medical exhibits to explain complex issues to juries. He has also handled a number of medical liability arbitrations and mediations. His experience has made him adept at guiding physicians and nurses through the difficulties of medical malpractice litigation, and helping them explain difficult concepts like anatomy, physiology and related standards of medical care to lay people.

Debra Weinrich, RN, Esquire - Partner, White and Williams LLP

Debra Weinrich is a partner in the medical malpractice defense group at White and Williams LLP. She has been with the firm for nearly 15 years. In that time, she has defended numerous malpractice cases to verdict. Her responsibilities include trying cases, preparing witnesses for deposition, retaining and preparing experts, developing medical exhibits to explain complex issues to juries. Her first career as a nurse has given her the unique ability to identify medical documentation problems and help providers, especially nurses, put them in context to avoid traps set by opposing counsel.