title: The promise of special health courts for Louisiana.
abstract: Louisiana's medical justice system is failing for both providers and patients. Decisions made in the system are too often inaccurate, uninformed, and unpredictable, and the compensation process is slow and inefficient. Moreover, the nature of the current system deters system improvements in patient safety and the quality of care. Comprehensive reform is needed and a new initiative that would create special "health courts" to resolve medical malpractice cases may be the best solution.
authors.affiliation: Common Good, USA.
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barringer
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Henry
mesh_terms: D035881:Compensation and Redress / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005249:Fees and Charges / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007351:Insurance, Liability / Q000191:economics; D016365:Liability, Legal / Q000191:economics; D008145:Louisiana; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011050:Policy Making; D011640:Public Policy; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012935:Social Justice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*