About Via Nurses
A clearer understanding of complex care.
Via Nurses is an RN-founded clinical advisory firm providing independent clinical analysis, medical record review, research, and nursing consultation to attorneys and law firms handling medically complex matters.
We help legal teams connect the clinical details, understand the course of care, and identify the questions that deserve further investigation.
Why Via exists
Understanding the clinical picture.
Medical records rarely tell a complete story in one place. Assessments, treatment decisions, interventions, and communication are documented across clinicians, departments, and care settings.
Via Nurses exists to help attorneys examine that information through a clinical lens—reconstructing the course of care, evaluating significant findings, and identifying the questions that require further investigation.
Our purpose is not to support a predetermined conclusion, but to provide independent, evidence-based clinical insight that helps legal teams understand what the documentation establishes, what remains uncertain, and where additional expertise may be needed.
Our people
The people behind the perspective.
Clinical experience, careful analysis, and clear communication shape the work we do. Meet the people contributing to Via Nurses.
Callie HawkinsRN, BSN, MPH
Founder & Managing Director
Callie brings experience in pediatric acute and critical care, clinical research at NIH, and clinical documentation improvement at Children’s National. Her nursing and public health background informs an evidence-focused approach to medical record analysis. As VIA’s founder, she focuses on translating complex clinical information into clear chronologies, identifying documentation gaps, and developing questions that support attorneys’ evaluation of medically complex matters.
PEDIATRIC & CRITICAL CARE · CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION · CLINICAL RESEARCH
Mitsuzi GreenMSN, RN
Legal Nurse Consultant
Mitsuzi is a labor and delivery nurse and doula with 10+ years of experience supporting childbirth and postpartum recovery. Her background includes high-risk pregnancy, vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) support, and immediate postpartum care. At VIA Nurses, she brings a maternal-care perspective to medical record review, clinical timelines, and questions that help attorneys examine labor, delivery, and postpartum matters.
Maternal & Women’s Health · Obstetrics · Labor & Delivery
Our review principles
The working principles behind every review
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Independent judgment
Findings follow the available evidence rather than a predetermined conclusion.
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Source-based analysis
Clinical observations and interpretations are connected to identifiable records and relevant supporting sources.
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Relevant expertise
Engagement scope and reviewer qualifications are assessed against the clinical questions presented.
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Context and communication
Analysis considers the documented circumstances of care, including communication, transitions, and healthcare-system context where relevant.
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Clarity about uncertainty
Gaps, limitations, competing interpretations, and questions requiring further expertise are stated clearly.
How we approach the work
A disciplined path from records to understanding.
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Assess
Clarify the clinical questions, available information, required expertise, and proposed scope.
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Analyze
Examine relevant records and research, tracking sources and reconstructing the clinical course.
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Clarify
Distinguish documented facts, clinical interpretations, inconsistencies, and unanswered questions.
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Deliver
Provide the agreed clinical analysis, work products, and consultation in a clear, usable format.
What we bring to the matter
Capabilities
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Clinical Case Evaluation
Focused analysis that helps counsel understand significant clinical events, documentation issues, and questions requiring further investigation.
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Medical Record Analysis
Source-referenced reconstruction of care, evaluation of clinical findings, and analysis of documentation inconsistencies and unresolved questions.
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Clinical Research & Evidence Review
Focused examination of relevant literature, guidelines, and healthcare practices to clarify specific clinical questions.
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Litigation Support & Consultation
Nursing perspectives, clinical clarification, and questions for appropriate experts throughout case preparation.
Clinical breadth
Across specialties. Across care settings.
A medical matter may center on one clinical issue or involve several specialties and care settings. Via Nurses welcomes inquiries involving a broad range of clinical questions.
Each engagement begins with an assessment of clinical fit, reviewer qualifications, availability, and scope. The areas featured on our website are a starting point for that conversation.
Explore Clinical AreasBring the clinical picture into focus.
Connect with Via Nurses to discuss the clinical questions, records, and review needs behind your matter.