Leading Hospitals Express Support for Health Court Pilot Projects June 22, 2006 Several of the nation’s prominent hospitals and academic health centers have expressed strong interest in participating in health court pilot projects. In an ad appearing in the New York Times, these institutions state that the erratic nature of our current system of medical justice “infects healthcare with a debilitating distrust that drives doctors out of practice, increases costs, and contributes to unnecessary errors.” Alternatively, health courts would entail: “speedy and efficient proceedings so that 60% of liability costs are no longer devoted to attorneys’ fees and administrative costs; predictable damages with compensation for pain and suffering set by a predetermined schedule; and transparency—so that we learn from any mistakes.” Both the hospitals and Common Good contend that health courts offer the promise to correct these failings – and pilot projects are the “first step” in implementing them. The six hospitals and academic centers are:
- Duke University School of Medicine and Health System
- Emory Healthcare
- Jackson Health System / University of
Miami
Leonard
M.
Miller
School of Medicine
- Johns
Hopkins Medicine
- New York-Presbyterian - The
University
Hospital of
Columbia and Cornell
-
Yale-New
Haven
Hospital / Yale Medical Group
Click here to view the ad. Read our press release about the ad.
Click here to view our Health Court brochure. Read what the press have to say about health courts.
Who Else Supports Health Courts?
Click here to see a list of individuals who support health courts. Click here for a list of organizations supporting health courts.
Health Court Legislation
Click here to read about the recent U.S. Senate hearing on a bill that would create health court pilot projects.
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