National POLST wishes to correct three inaccuracies in the Oregon POLST Newsletter covered in the recent HNN article. Oregon POLST’s separation from National POLST: Oregon POLST and National POLST split…
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Study Reviewed Variation in POLST Forms among All State Programs
Variations in POLST forms across the nation examined “Variations in Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Program across the Nation: Environmental Scan” was published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine. One…
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Research study shows POLST helpful in improving end-of-life care in dementia care program
Study premise Most dementia patients do not have advance care plans “The Effect of a Comprehensive Dementia Care Management Program on End-of-Life Care,” published in the Journal of the American…
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Research Article: National Standards and State Variation in POLST Forms
The success of the National POLST Paradigm requires all state programs share the same vision and adoption and implementation of consistent messages, processes, and forms to support seriously ill or…
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Surrogates’ experiences of engaging in POLST discussions for persons with advanced dementia
A study published by Hyejin Kim, PhD, RN, Christine Bradway, PhD, RN, Susan E. Hickman, PhD, and Mary Ersek, PhD, RN, in the Journal of the American Association of Nurse…
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New Resource with POLST Form Signature Requirements for Each State
We’ve created a new resource for you that answers: What type of health care professional is authorized to sign a POLST form in my state? Is it just physicians? In…
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Cross-Cultural Adaptation of POLST to Brazil
This article describes an effort to implement POLST as part of a test study in Brazil through a very careful translation and cultural adaptation process. The study authors worked in…
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Differences in POLST according to provider license (NP, DO, MD) in West Virginia
The paper “Nurse practitioners’ completion of Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment (POST) forms in West Virginia: A secondary analysis of 12 months of data from the state registry,” by Lori…
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Webinar (1/25/18): Patient and Surrogate Preferences on the Massachusetts Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) Form
Thursday, January 25, 2018 1 pm ET / noon CT / 11 am MT / 10 am PT / 8 am HAST. The National POLST Paradigm is hosting a webinar…
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POLST orders resulted in goal-concordant care in 99% of cases in Kaiser Permanent Northern California study
“The Progression of End-of-Life Wishes and Concordance with End-of-Life Care,” a brief report authored by Jennifer Hopping-Winn, LCSW, Juliette Mullin, MPH, MBA, Laurel March, MA, Michelle Caughey, MD, Melissa Stern,…
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