How do you locate medical records to check if a physician has had a malpractice lawsuit brought against him?
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Most state medical boards have a website where you can find this information.  Try looking here to find your local state medical board's website: http://www.docboard.org/docfinder.html
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Check with the clerk of the court in the county where it was handled.  You will need to know the full name of at least one party, and the approximate date.  They may accept a telephone request, may need to send a letter.  They will charge you a few bucks for copies of the pleadings.
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This case would most likely be malpractice.  I can't really tell from your question, but it looks like the Doctor knew you needed surgery back in July, but never ordered it or recommended it?? Either way, you can definitely get a legal consultation for free. Call your state's bar association and they will give you a list of attorneys who handle medical negligence claims, (most of which will give you an initial consultation for free).  When you have your consult, bring in as many medical records and bills as you have for the attorney to look at.  You will be ahead of the game if you call your Doctor and ask for copies of your records now.  Be careful, in most states you only have 3 years from the time of "injury" to bring a claim, so do it soon.  \nGood Luck.
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Check with your state's medical license board. If the surgeon has any complaints, or malpractice suits, they should tell you. If not check with state and local court dockets, that's how I found mine. Good Luck
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from the county recorders office.  you can go to your county's website.  look for recorded documents and go from there
169676
It is very hard to prove medical malpractice because let's face it, docs have the money for the good attorneys. But you should start with a medical malpractice attorney who should be able to tell you if you have a legitimate case or not.
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It depends what state you are in. generally you can go to your states website and search for public records
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Get a hold of your medical record and anything you signed. Sometimes they make you sign a release before and maybe in the fine print is says that you allowed them to remove anything else if they judged that it was a risk.\n\nAt that point, if you did sign such a release, it becomes more difficult, but not impossible to sue his ass. You have to prove that he made an error in judgement and sue him for malpractice. If you can't prove it, then you're stuck ...\n\nGood luck!
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As mentioned, this is a federal law, so there really aren't any state by state issues.\n\nHIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) gives the patient the right to view their records.  It does not matter if the practitioner is an MD, PhD, MSW, etc.  The practitioner (all of the above) can choose to redact portions of the record if they feel that the material can cause safety issues for the patient, but they cannot refuse the entire record.\n\nThe practitioner may charge reasonable fees for providing a copy of your record, as he is right in stating the record belongs to him.\n\nIf you don't get a resolution, you may file a complaint with  the Secretary of Health and Human Services through the Office for Civil Rights, US Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 509F HHH Building, Washington, D.C. 20201\n\nPlease don't consider this legal advice in any way, but I work for a behavioral health care organization, and I asked our HIPAA compliance officer who confirmed the above to be accurate.
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look up your local circuit clerks office on the internet most places have public records available on the internet
579402
Yes, get a malpractice laywer!
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go to AMA online. there put in the dr.'s name and last known address.
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Go to the concerned Hospital and search the files. Dont forget to tip the clerk
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There is a number called 1-800-Dentist - it can help you find a good dentist in your area and tell you if a dentist has had problems in the past w/ patients, malpractice suits, etc.  Also, I would start calling different dentists in your town or surrounding towns and tell them some of your story...  ask them if they are willing to take on a charity case.  I was a dental asst. and we did this a few times a year to lend a helping hand in our community.  HTH & GL to you!
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my husband went through this a few years ago. he paid 5 dollars to each doctor for COPIES of his records. and one doctor eventually figured out what was wrong - mineers (don't think i spelled that right) dis ease.\nhe went to several different docs for about 10 years before ONE figured it out.\nthis is YOUR life and YOUR health. don't leave it in the hands of a doc who is not doing YOU right. PLEASE.
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It's pretty easy if you know what count the treatment took place you can do a medical search with your social security #..Usually family agency can help you with this. if not narrow down your area at the time of treatment and it should be rather easy to find the facility that would have treated your particular condition at that time. then just submit a formal request in accordance with the counties/facility policy.
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I think all medical records go to missouri or something...I got mine in the mail.....if you'd like I can look for the address and send you a 360 message with it........