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DELAWARE CERTIFICATE OF MERIT RECORD REVIEW

Without the affidavit, the complaint is not docketed at all.

Delaware certificate of merit record review services prepare the page-cited record an expert reads before signing the affidavit 18 Del. C. §6853 requires. Every encounter and finding is indexed to its source page, so the reasonable-grounds statement filed under seal with the complaint rests on a file that has actually been read.

Click any row → the source page it cites
Record review · Case #IME-4812 documented
Adams, Timothy · pre-filing record set
342 pp / 2 packets received logged
11 duplicate pages removed free
p.140 — wrong patient quarantined
Pages 342 Documents 27 Cited 100%

Section 6853 gates the docket, not just the case.

We do not build for a case type until we can name the standard that defines a correct output and the person who grades the file against it. In merit screening, both are written into the rule itself.

The standard and the referee
The rulebook
  • 18 Del. C. §6853(a)(1), which requires an affidavit of merit signed by an expert and accompanied by a current curriculum vitae, filed with the complaint
  • 18 Del. C. §6853(c), under which the affidavit states reasonable grounds to believe the applicable standard of care was breached and that the breach proximately caused the injury
  • 18 Del. C. §6853(a)(1), which directs the court to refuse to file the complaint where neither the affidavit nor a motion to extend accompanies it
  • 18 Del. C. §6853(c), the expert qualification rule: licensed, engaged in treatment or teaching in the same or similar field in the three preceding years, and board certified if the defendant is
The referee
  • The Superior Court, whose judge is the only person permitted to view the sealed affidavit and curriculum vitae
  • The prothonotary, who does not docket a complaint arriving without the affidavit or a motion to extend
  • The signing expert, whose qualifications are tested against the same-or-similar-field and board certification requirements
Expert hours reading the chart before the complaint can be accepted for filing Flat 10¢/page here, duplicates free
Record review · Case #IME-4812 cited 100%
Packet342 pp / 2 packets · 11 deduplicatedlogged
Encounter chronologyBuilt from the produced recordcited
Treating specialtiesWhich specialist did what, and whencited
Records referenced, not producedNamed in the chart, absent from the fileflagged
Review delivered · cited 100% · no reasonable-grounds opinion offered
How it works

3 steps between the records and the affidavit.

01

Send the record set

Hospital charts, office notes, imaging and operative reports, nursing records and billing, in any format.

02

We return the review, page-cited

The encounter chronology, treating specialties, findings and course of treatment, each line citing the page it came from, with referenced-but-absent records flagged.

03

Your expert signs the affidavit

Reasonable grounds to believe the standard was breached, and that the breach proximately caused the injury, are the expert's statements, filed under seal with the complaint.

The boundary, in writing

A record review, never an affidavit of merit.

We index and cite what the record documents. We do not assess the applicable standard of care, state that there are reasonable grounds to believe it was breached, address proximate cause, or sign an affidavit under 18 Del. C. §6853. Those are the expert's statements, made under seal.

Delaware is the strictest gate in this group: without the affidavit or a motion to extend, the court refuses to file the complaint and it is never docketed. The reading has to be finished before the case formally exists.

Audit trail · Case #IME-4812 exportable
08:12Packet received · 342 pp / 2 packetssystem
08:3111 pages deduplicatedsystem
08:44p.140 flagged — wrong patientsystem
08:54Record review complete · review complete · chronology cited · cited 100%system
09:20Record review reviewed · citations verifiedreviewer
09:26Record review exported · affidavit filed under seal off-platformreviewer
Every access logged · file deleted 30 days after delivery
Why Medrecords AI

The rules the platform never breaks.

Medrecords AI EVERY LINE CITED
CASE #IME-4812 · ADAMS, T.342 pp
2/14 — ER visit, right knee p.4
4/18 — arthroscopic surgery p.61
p.140 — wrong patient quarantined
Medrecords AI
Read every page · cite every line

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Never trains a model

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Every line cited

If we can't cite it, we don't say it. Every sentence links to its source page.

Deleted after delivery

Files are deleted 30 days after delivery, with a full audit log of every access.

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The record review is one deliverable of the same platform that reads, sorts, and cites the whole record.

FAQ

Delaware affidavits of merit, answered.

No. Section 6853 requires an expert's signature and a current curriculum vitae, stating reasonable grounds to believe the standard of care was breached and that the breach proximately caused the injury. We prepare the page-cited record review that expert reads first.

The statute directs the court to refuse to file the complaint, and it is not docketed, unless a motion to extend the time to file the affidavit accompanies it. That is a harder gate than the dismissal standard most states apply.

Section 6853(c) requires an expert licensed to practise as of the date of the affidavit who, in the three immediately preceding years, has been engaged in treatment or teaching in the same or similar field as the defendant, and who is board certified if the defendant is. Qualification is counsel's call.

No. Medrecords AI does not retrieve records from providers or facilities. You bring the records you already have — review starts in minutes from upload. Retrieval vendors take days; you can keep yours and still cut the review to minutes.

No. It is filed in a sealed envelope marked confidential under §6853, and the statute limits viewing to a judge of the Superior Court. The record review behind it stays in your own file.

Send one file. We'll tell you what we can read.

No obligation. If the case type is buildable we'll scope it; if it isn't, we'll say so.