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Why Health Courts Could Pick Up Steam

Leslie Kane
Medical Economics, January 4, 2008

An editorial in Medical Economics discusses how health courts offer a promising solution to the medical liability problem.  Though health courts provide benefits for consumers and physicians, legislation has been unable to move beyond the initial stages.  Health courts offer real solutions to improving patient safety, improving error reporting and catalyzing quality improvement measures - changes which would benefit every health care consumer.  Common Good's Paul Barringer notes that public interest is growing through the organization's advocacy efforts.  ยป article