ACEP ID:

Health Courts

Reaffirmed October 2023
Revised April 2017
R
eaffirmed April 2011
O
riginally approved October 2005 from Council resolution CR35

 

The American College of Emergency Physicians endorses the need for comprehensive litigation reform and supports the concept of health courts as an alternative to the current process.

Health courts use specialized adjudicators, independent expert witnesses, and produce more predictable damage awards.

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