If you believe you have been a victim of medical negligence in Iowa, it’s essential to act swiftly to protect your rights.
Medical negligence occurs when a healthcare provider’s actions deviate from accepted standards of care, resulting in harm to the patient. The first step is to take care of your health. Consulting with another medical professional for a second opinion can be essential for your health, and it can also help establish whether negligence occurred. The second step—which can be taken along with the first step—is to make sense of what happened. The primary way to do that is by contacting an attorney to help you get your medical records.
Once you have the medical records, an attorney can help you decide if you have a case worth pursuing. Medical negligence cases are generally worth pursuing if the doctor or nurse made a clear mistake and it can be proven. Not every negative medical outcome results in a valid legal case if the doctor did not make a mistake or if the negative outcome was a known risk. Your lawyer should consult a medical expert to decide if the claim is worth pursuing.
