WHO SUPPORTS HEALTH COURTS?
Support for the health court concept is broad and growing nationwide. Scores of the nation's most prominent leaders in healthcare and law have endorsed the creation of special health courts as a way of restoring reliability to medical justice. Organizations and media outlets have also expressed support for health court pilot projects. Here are just a few:
Support for the health court concept is broad and growing nationwide. Scores of the nation’s most prominent leaders in healthcare and the law have called for the creation of special health courts, including university presidents, medical school deans, former high-ranking government officials from both political parties, and current or former heads of healthcare policy, healthcare quality or patient safety organizations.
To view a list of individuals supporting the health court concept, see pages 8 and 9 of our health court brochure.
To view a list of organizations and the media endorsing the health court concept, click here.
To view an ad in which several of the nation's leading academic hospital centers express support for health court pilot projects, click here.
To view results of our national poll asking members of the American public if they favor having medical malpractice cases decided by special health courts, click here.
What Others Have To Say About Health Courts
Major newspapers and magazines, including USA Today and The Economist, have endorsed the health court concept and/or the need for health court pilot projects.
To read what the press is saying about health courts, click here.
How Can I Help Support Health Courts?
Health courts offer the promise to create a system of reliable medical justice that is sorely needed by both patients and providers. Before we can make real advancements in patient safety and the quality of care, we need to resolve the distrust in our health care system created by legal fear and unreliability.
The time for action is now.
You have the power to make a difference and help us spread the word about health courts. Please join us:
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