Home Health Care Expert Witnesses in Washington

Physician Assistant, Home Health Care - home health aid management, HHA negligence, CNA abuse, Caregiver negligence, PCA oversight and training, PCA training, PCA supervision, medication errors, quality assurance, home care documentation, failure to monitor, failure to escalate care, elder abuse, care management, failure to report, long term care, elder exploitation

I am a board-certified Physician Assistant with over 25 years of clinical experience, including 16+ years as a home care specialist. I am the current owner and CEO of a non-medical home care agency, providing me with direct, hands-on, real-time expertise in home care operations, PCA/CNA supervision, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance. My expert opinions focus on home care standard of care, supervision failures, caregiver training deficiencies, and quality assurance breakdowns in non-medical home care settings. This includes evaluating: Supervisory visit adequacy and oversight protocols PCA/CNA training and competency standards Care coordination and communication failures Failure to escalate care Home care and Home Health standard of care. Medication error patterns in home care Abuse and neglect detection mechanisms Home care agency policies and their implementation Documentation and clinical record deficiencies My operational experience distinguishes me from clinical-on...

Seattle, Washington

Nurse Practitioner, Nurse - Emergency, Urgent Care, Medical Bill Review, Orthopedics, GYN, Pediatrics, Acute Care, Personal Injury, Longterm care, Labor/delivery, Neonatal, Outpatient Care, CR35 exams, Oncology, Nursing standards, ICU, Life Care Planning, PACU/recovery room, Medical-surgical, home health care

Karen Wilkinson is a nurse practitioner who offers broad expertise in many types of nursing. She has 30+ years of clinical nursing experience and 20 years of nursing and paralegal faculty experience. She has authored many nursing/legal publications and has presented at national conferences. Over those 30 years of clinical work and nursing faculty roles, she has worked in various settings, including acute care hospitals, emergency departments, urgent care, outpatient clinics, pediatrics, orthopedics, pain management, PACU, anesthesia, intensive care, medical/surgical, oncology, GYN, infant and pediatric ICU, special care nursery, OB/post-partum, community health/home care, and long term care. As a nurse practitioner, Karen is uniquely qualified to assess a case's medical and nursing issues. Her years of nursing and faculty experience make her an expert in critiquing nursing, medical, and ancillary care. She has been trained and certified in medical bill review and life care pla...