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ATTENTION ALL PATIENTS: CALL AND GET YOUR RESULTS!

You don't have to be a doctor, to recognize obvious findings on an x-ray report. Many findings on a lung x-ray, or mammogram, or many other types of radiology imaging studies can be understood by a non-medical person. A written report is made by the radiologist. You can and should read this report.

As an Ocala based medical malpractice attorney/lawyer I see much too often where the radiologist reads a chest x-ray, for example, and says that there is a mass that needs to be followed-up with other studies or tests. Yet, this important information is not made known to the patient because the doctor's staff accidently files away the report and the pateint is not notified.

Then, months or years later when the patient develops symptoms of a disease (usually cancer) and goes to the doctor, the patient learns about the finding that could have been treated when it was first diagnosed, now due to the delay it is just too late to save their life.

You can help prevent medical malpractice.  Here are some tips on how:
      *Be actively engaged in your care.
      *Don't expect that the results of medical tests will be given to you if there is a positive finding.
      *Call your doctor and find out for yourself!
      *Call on behalf of a family member if they are unable to call for themselves!
      *Get a copy of the doctor's written report.
Don't be a victim of medical malpractice.