{"title":"Year in review 2003-2004: overview.","authors":"Peter M Leibold","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The year preceding June 30, 2004, was one of the most active periods in the development of health policy and health law in a generation. Against the odds, President Bush delivered on his promise of a prescription drug benefit for Medicare beneficiaries. As with all momentous legislation, the prescription drug benefit was accompanied by legislative changes both large and small, affecting virtually every sector of the healthcare community. In addition to new legislation, the Bush administration continued to release regulations deemed vitally important by those regulated. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations pursued new standards and processes to improve patient safety, and the courts dealt with a myriad of health law issues.</p>","PeriodicalId":80027,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health law","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2004-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of health law","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The year preceding June 30, 2004, was one of the most active periods in the development of health policy and health law in a generation. Against the odds, President Bush delivered on his promise of a prescription drug benefit for Medicare beneficiaries. As with all momentous legislation, the prescription drug benefit was accompanied by legislative changes both large and small, affecting virtually every sector of the healthcare community. In addition to new legislation, the Bush administration continued to release regulations deemed vitally important by those regulated. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations pursued new standards and processes to improve patient safety, and the courts dealt with a myriad of health law issues.
2004年6月30日之前的一年是一代人中卫生政策和卫生法发展最活跃的时期之一。尽管困难重重,布什总统还是兑现了他的承诺,为医疗保险受益人提供处方药福利。与所有重大立法一样,处方药福利也伴随着大大小小的立法变化,几乎影响到医疗保健界的每个部门。除了新的立法之外,布什政府继续发布被监管机构认为至关重要的法规。医疗机构认证联合委员会(Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)追求新的标准和流程,以改善患者安全,法院处理了无数的医疗法律问题。