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Also ( in Texas ) a hospital must send you all records you request. Even the entire chart. I have never been the victim of malpractice. You are correct that a bad outcome is not necessarily due to malpractice ( I didn't need to tell you that, I know ). I usually do order, by mail, a copy of my hospital records, to keep my own records. I used to ask for only the lab work , but the hospitals wanted to send the whole record, so I take it read it and keep only the lab work. In my case, only the lab work has been needed. I know lab work changes, but it helps. In my case, I keep thyroid scans and Echocardiograms. But if these people have had surgery of any kind it is on that record. The echos and thyroid scans have been very useful when I need to see another physician. Does getting the hospital record seem reasonable to you? When my husband was in practice , he did testify if he thought malpractice had occurred and I believe most physicians would. Of course, there are always a few rotten apples, I just have avoided them . As an Infection Control Nurse I gave depositions for a number of suits, there was one murky case but that was all. Just putting in my 1 cent worth. Nita