Jacksonville Failure to Diagnose Attorneys

Medical errors result in about 98,000 patient deaths a year and next to drug errors, a failure to diagnose contributes to upward of 40% of those deaths. In order to properly treat a patient, their condition must first be diagnosed.

For example, diagnosing cancer early may lead to a successful treatment. Diagnosing cancer after it has metastasized or spread to other organs means there is no treatment.

If a doctor does not diagnose the illness in its earliest stages when it is the easiest to treat, a medical error may have occurred.

Sometimes a delay in the proper medical care and diagnosis lies with the insurance companies. When insurers take the place of doctors they sometimes make a decision to deliver cost- effective medical care over the best medical care at the risk of a patient. Denying a test or procedure to save money, delaying necessary and vital treatment, may mean the difference between the life and death of a patient.

Delaying and denying can result in a higher payout by the insurance company but that does nothing to stop the anguish family members feel knowing that the outcome to the care of their loved one might have been different if a treatment had been offered sooner.

Our experienced Jacksonville medical malpractice lawyers have been taking on these cases since we opened our doors in Jacksonville in 1979. Our nurses and medical experts understand how to read an X-ray, a PET scan, and an MRI, ultrasounds and lab tests. Our attorneys have the expertise in medical malpractice to understand what missing a diagnosis can mean to the outcome for a patient.

In the case of a death, a medical malpractice lawsuit will not bring back the loved one but it will tell the medical professionals that they cannot do that to anyone else again. In the case of a delayed diagnosis that has complicated treatment, compensation will allow the family to pay for the ongoing medical needs of the patient.

Let our experienced Florida medical malpractice attorneys offer you a complimentary consultation to determine if the failure to diagnose a potentially dangerous and serious medical condition has resulted in medical malpractice. We will help you get the answers, the compensation and justice you deserve.