{"id":11184,"date":"2019-12-10T22:31:52","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T22:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hsli.org\/?p=11184"},"modified":"2019-12-10T22:31:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T22:31:52","slug":"legislative-update-12-10-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/legislative-update-12-10-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislative Update, 12\/10\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Federal news<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lots of legislative health-related stories are in the headlines. Here are some of the highlights:<\/p>\n

MLA comments on the use of the FHIR standard for capturing and sharing clinical data<\/a> [MLA, 11\/22\/2019]<\/p>\n

“Today, the Medical Library Association (MLA) commented on how the Health Level Seven International (HL7®)\u00a0 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard could be used to capture, integrate, and exchange clinical data for research purposes and to enhance capabilities to share research data.”<\/p>\n

668,000 will lose food stamp benefits under new work rules<\/a> [Associated Press, 12\/4\/2019]<\/p>\n

House GOP unveils alternative drug pricing measure ahead of Pelosi vote<\/a> [The Hill, 12\/9\/2019]<\/p>\n

Deal banning surprise medical bills also ups tobacco purchase age to 21<\/a> [Roll Call, 12\/8\/2019]<\/p>\n

Health care spending grew at a faster rate in 2018<\/a> [Axios, 12\/5\/2019]<\/p>\n

“U.S. health care spending climbed again not because people went to the doctor or hospital more frequently, but because the industry charged higher prices.”<\/p>\n

Major journal editors blast EPA’s ‘secret science’ rule, again<\/a> [Science, 11\/26\/2019]<\/p>\n

“The proposal could become ‘a mechanism for suppressing the use of relevant scientific evidence in policy-making, including public health regulations,’ the editors of Science, Nature, PLOS, Cell Press, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences write today in a joint statement.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Federal news Lots of legislative health-related stories are in the headlines. Here are some of the highlights: MLA comments on the use of the FHIR standard for capturing and sharing clinical data [MLA, 11\/22\/2019] “Today, the Medical Library Association (MLA) commented on how the Health Level Seven International (HL7®)\u00a0 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}