Supreme Court to Consider Birth Control Mandate – MedPage Today
“We urge the court to uphold the contraceptive coverage requirement, and let doctors and their patients decide which health services women need,” Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, said in a statement. “No woman should be denied coverage for birth control because of where she works.”
Consumer Coalition Recommends Policies for Future of Health IT Incentive Program – Bloomberg BNA
The coalition urged health-care providers to communicate more with their patients and their patients’ families to develop personalized care plans and get patients take a more active role in their health goals, officials with the Consumer Partnership for eHealth said.
Advocacy org releases framework on care plans – Clinical Innovation + Technology
The Consumer Partnership for eHealth, which represents advocacy organizations, released its framework for CarePlans 2.0, which the organizations describe as “the next generation” of care plans.
Consumer Groups Push a New View of Care Planning – Health Data Management
The Consumer Partnership for eHealth, a coalition of advocacy organizations, has issued a framework for CarePlans 2.0, a next generation of health and care plans that embeds patient-centered principles in an electronic environment to improve communication and foster better outcomes.
Person-Centered Care for People with Dementia: Opportunities and Challenges – American Society on Aging
Various organizations and individuals have defined person-centered care as a goal in itself or instead, as a means for achieving a goal.
Hearing Held in East Goshen on Truitt Family Leave Legislation – Pennsylvania News & Buzz
Those testifying in favor of House Bill 298 included representatives from the Family Values at Work Consortium, PathWaysPA and the National Partnership for Women and Families.
Gillibrand Steps Up for Working Women – The American Prospect
According to Shabo, because the FAMILY Act would act as social insurance rather than a labor standard, it isn’t meant to supplant the FMLA. “Ideally, we see FMLA expansion moving on a parallel track, so that we’re also providing greater access to the FMLA for folks,” Shabo says.
Advocates Prepare for Next Round in New York Women’s Equality Act – Colorlines
According to the National Partnership for Women and Families, black women in N.Y. earn 79 cents and Latina women in N.Y. earn 64 cents to every dollar earned by white men.
Advocates Say It’s Time for State to Mandate and Expand Paid Sick Leave – NJ Spotlight
The effects of having employees go to work while sick can be far ranging, noted Vicki Shabo, director of work and family programs for the Washington, D.C.,-based National Partnership for Women & Families.
Graham introduces ‘historic’ 20-week abortion ban; says no primary politics at play – The Washington Times
“Make no mistake, this legislation is being proposed as a next step by those who aim to overturn Roe v. Wade. It is blatantly unconstitutional, banning abortion before viability and violating women’s fundamental right to make the very personal decision whether or not to continue a pregnancy,’ said Andrea Friedman, director of reproductive health programs at the National Partnership for Women and Families.
