Baltimore Medical Misdiagnosis Lawyers

When To Contact A Baltimore Medical Misdiagnosis Lawyer 

When we are worried about our health, we rely on doctors to tell us what is going on with our bodies. Doctors spend years studying medicine while gaining hands-on experience to recognize and treat the conditions that impact our lives. However, despite their extensive education and training, doctors still make mistakes when diagnosing, or failing to diagnose, a patient’s condition which can lead to medical malpractice claims.

Medical misdiagnosis is one of the most common types of medical malpractice. Misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis can cause a patient to mistreat or fail to treat their condition. If the patient is harmed as a result of the misdiagnosis, they may be entitled to legal compensation for their injuries and are encouraged to reach out to a Baltimore medical misdiagnosis lawyer.

The Law Office of Hyatt & Goldbloom has significant experience handling medical misdiagnosis claims. Proving the connection between a doctor’s negligent treatment and the patient’s subsequent injuries can be complicated. Successfully establishing this connection will often require numerous medical experts and hours of reviewing medical documents. Decades of medical malpractice experience have left us confident in our ability to prove a medical misdiagnosis claim. If you or a loved one has suffered from a doctor’s negligent misdiagnosis, call the Baltimore medical misdiagnosis lawyers at Hyatt & Goldbloom today. We will aggressively fight for your right to recovery at every stage of the legal process.

What Is A Medical Misdiagnosis?

Like all aspects of medical care, there are accepted standards of care a doctor must follow when providing a certain treatment or service. Any failure to meet the accepted standard of care indicates negligent conduct on behalf of the doctor. When a doctor examines a patient, there are certain standards of care for diagnosing and ruling out various medical conditions. If a doctor or healthcare provider improperly conducts diagnostic procedures, their treatment may be considered negligent, and the patient could sustain serious, possibly life-threatening injuries.

There are numerous ways a medical misdiagnosis can occur throughout the diagnosis process. However, some types of medical misdiagnoses are much more common than others. Some of the most common types of medical misdiagnosis are:

An incorrect diagnosis

A patient is diagnosed with one medical condition when there is evidence that the patient has another medical condition that should have been identified by the doctor or their staff. An incorrect diagnosis can not only lead to the wrong treatment but also distract from the true medical condition one may be suffering from.

Failure to diagnose

A doctor or healthcare provider failed to diagnose any medical condition at all, despite the manifestation of symptoms. If a medical condition is present and should have been identified, you may have a medical misdiagnosis claim. A Baltimore medical misdiagnosis attorney will be able to look over your case and best advise you on the next legal steps.

Delayed diagnosis

A doctor or healthcare provider receives test results indicating a specific medical condition but fails to timely notify the patient. The delay of information in the medical field can be monumental to someone’s recovery and well-being. Every moment counts when it comes to a serious medical condition and doctors and their staff has a responsibility to react and diagnose promptly.

The occurrence of any of these misdiagnoses can rob a patient of the opportunity to properly treat their condition and recover from the disease. There are many medical conditions, especially the more severe ones, that require urgent treatment to receive effective results. If a misdiagnosis causes a patient to miss the “treatment window,” the resulting damage can be severe and irreversible.