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Forensic Medical is a full service forensic pathology group, headquartered in Nashville Tennessee, providing medical examiner services; including death investigation, forensic autopsies, expert forensic testimony, and forensic management services. In July 1997 Forensic Medical entered into an agreement with Metro Nashville to provide medical examiner services for the citizens of Nashville/Davidson County. Our success in Nashville was recognized and led to our providing medical examiner and forensic autopsy services for counties throughout Tennessee. In 2004, we began a relationship with Shelby County ( Memphis) that led to our management of the Shelby County Medical Examiner Office and West TN Regional Forensic Center. Forensic Medical also provides autopsies for families and hospitals throughout the Southeast. To provide effective and efficient medical examiner and forensic pathology services by assembling, developing and motivating a team of professionally skilled employees who consistently meet high quality standards. OUR PHILOSOPHY Forensic Medical performs its responsibilities based on the premise that our primary role is the protection of the public's health and safety. In carrying out the responsibilities of the Medical Examiner's office, we view the communities we serve as our patients. IMPACT ON PUBLIC HEALTH One way we protect the health and safety of our fellow citizens is through the investigation of sudden, unexpected, violent and suspicious deaths. In Nashville and Memphis, Forensic Medical performs many times the number of autopsies performed in all the state’s hospitals combined. About one quarter to one third of the deaths in the United States require some type of medicolegal investigation. On average, between one-third and one-half of all forensic autopsies performed reveal natural causes of death rather than deaths due to physical or chemical injury. These findings are submitted to the appropriate federal, state and local agencies, which then use the data to determine how to best utilize limited public resources for the protection of the public. Through performing autopsies for hospitals and families we also bring our expertise to a role that has taken low priority in traditional health care settings. Many scientific studies have concluded that an autopsy remains the gold standard for medical quality control and assurance.  Forensic Medical provides feedback to the medical community both individually and through participation in hospital morbidity and mortality conferences. With the goal of enhancing early recognition and prevention of child abuse and preventable child deaths, Forensic Medical actively participates in local and state multidisciplinary child fatality review teams. Additionally, when a death results from defective consumer products, malfunctioning medical equipment or industrial accidents, we report these to the proper authorities to assist in making our community safer.
Forensic Medical also plays a role in helping train new forensic pathologists. Through faculty assignments at public and private universities and a fellowship program, Forensic Medical is helping create a qualified pool of physicians who can provide highly professional and technically correct pathology services in the community. IMPACT ON FAMILIES For the decedent's family, the issuance of death certificates is one of the most important functions performed by the Medical Examiner's office. A properly completed death certificate is required for the collection of insurance and settlement of estates. Additionally, an incomplete or improperly completed death certificate creates extreme difficulties for family or friends trying to arrange burial or cremation. The unexpectedness of death is a source of trauma, anxiety and grief among survivors. In many instances, the investigator from our office is the first person to talk with the bereaved. Talking to the bereaved is a sacred responsibility, and we strive to conduct ourselves with compassion, caring and genuine concern. This is a critical aspect in serving our public. IMPACT ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS Deaths due to homicide represent a significant percentage of our work. The results of the death investigation and autopsy findings can be a critical part of the investigation and prosecution in homicide cases. Forensic pathology also plays a part in all motor vehicle deaths, which sometimes involve criminal or civil liability. Our staff prides itself in working with both prosecutors and defense attorneys to assist them in understanding the results of the death investigation and autopsy, which improves the efficiency of the criminal justice system.
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