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 on Thursday, January 25, 2018, on Patient and Surrogate Preferences on the Massachusetts Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) Form. The purpose of the presentation […]
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, MBA, and Jill Jarvie, RN, MSN, was published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine (January 2018, ahead of print). Using in-depth chart reviews from patients who […]
Colorado MOST study reveals high quality POLST use in heart failure patients
“Use of Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment for Heart Failure Patients During Postacute Care in Skilled Nursing Facilities,” by Hillary Lum, MD, PhD, Oluyomi Obafemi MD, Joanna Dukes MS, Molly Nowels MA, Kristina Samon BSN, and Rebecca S. Boxer MD, MS, was published to JAMDA (Journal of the American Medical Directors Association – The Society […]
OPTIMISTIC Research study: POLST most effective and helpful tool in nursing home care
Introduction: Study authors Mary Ersek, PhD, RN, Susan E. Hickman, PhD, Anne C. Thomas, PhD, ANP-BC, GNP, FAANP, Brittany Bernard, BS, and Kathleen T. Unroe, MD, MHA, published a paper, “Stakeholder Perspectives on the Optimizing Patient Transfers, Impacting Medical Quality, and Improving Symptoms: Transforming Institutional Care (OPTIMISTIC) Project” in The Geronotologist. OPTIMISTIC is aimed at […]
Clinical research studies: Decision aids as an intervention for end-of-life discussion for dementia patients
This year, several papers were published based on the clinical research work of a group of investigators primarily located at the University of North Carolina and University of Central Florida. Two papers published the results of their work and a third paper was an invited commentary on the first paper. The main study, “Effect of […]
Association of Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Form Use With End-of-Life Care Quality Metrics in Patients With Cancer
Research by Sandra L. Pedraza, Stacey Culp, Mark Knestrick, Evan Falkenstine, and Alvin H. Moss recently published in the Journal of Oncology Practice examined whether advanced cancer patients were more likely to avoid unwanted aggressive care at the end of life if they had completed Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Forms rather than Advance […]
Advanced Illness main theme in top journals
Both Health Affairs and AMA Journal of Ethics devoted special issues to Advanced Illness in July 2017 A testament to the recognition these important topics deserve, the July 2017 issue of the American Medical Association Journal of Ethics is devoted to Quality of Life in Dementia, and likewise, the July issue of Health Affairs is […]
POLST Research: The Quality of POLST Completion in Two States
Alvin Moss, MD, Dana Zive, MPH, Evan Falkenstine, and Courtney Dunithan, MSW, authored a Brief Report recently published in JAMDA, The Journal of Post Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. The study, The Quality of POLST Completion to Guide Treatment: a 2-State Study, analyzed data from two state POLST Registries: the Oregon POLST Registry and the West […]
Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017
On June 7, 2017, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) introduced The Patient Choice and Quality Care Act (PCQCA) of 2017 to the House. Sponsors of this Act are Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Rep. Blumenauer, Rep. Phil Roe, MD (R-TN), and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA). On June 9, 2017, Senator Warner introduced the bill into the […]