The January issue of Physicians Practice magazine has a great article about health courts. These specialized courts have long been suggested by some as possibly helping medical malpractice cases be resolved in a more equitable manner.

Several points include:

• Experienced Judges – judges might be able to better make determinations based on facts as opposed to juries who many times are affected by emotion
• Neutral Expert Witnesses  – no more “hired guns” who are often times paid for their “opinions”
• Scheduled Awards – many injured patients receive little or no compensation while a few small number of cases end with huge amounts of money being awarded

In order to read the entire interesting article click on the following link:

http://www.physicianspractice.com/index/fuseaction/articles.details/articleID/1431.htm

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