Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Paradigm

The Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Paradigm program is designed to improve the quality of care people receive at the end of life. It is based on effective communication of patient wishes, documentation of medical orders on a brightly colored form and a promise by health care professionals to honor these wishes. Read more >

Inside polst.org VIDEO: Dr. Susan Tolle Explains the Most Recent Article About POLST in the JAMA This week, the Journal of the American Medical Association published an article about a real Oregon innovation: The POLST Program. January 5, 2012

POLST Paradigm Programs

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