About us
EthiLine offers proactive 24/7 virtual ethics consultations to hospitals throughout the United States.
Ethics in medicine elevate care from the legal minimum standard to the best possible option that aligns with patients’ and hospitals’ values. Ethics consultations identify these values and offer advice for context-based implementation.
EthiLine was founded by Dr. Piroska Kopar, a trauma surgeon and intensivist clinically, and a medical ethicist academically. Dr. Kopar recognized that in our era of rapid technological innovation coupled with an aging population, a large proportion of healthcare resources are spent on procedures whose outcomes are not in line with patients’ wishes. Conversely, there is a significant overlap between the medical care patients do in fact desire and the imperative of healthcare institutions to allocate resources fairly.
EthiLine’s formally trained E2 Ethics Experts collaborate with the medical team and local ethics committees to drive personalized, value-aligned care around-the-clock. Ethics consultations are at no charge to patients, reduce hospital length-of stay, decrease provider burnout, and improve the delivery of cost-effective and just healthcare.