If you were 90 and your heart was failing, would you want a hospital to do everything it could to keep you alive? Or would you just want your pain controlled while nature took its course? Whatever ...

DALLAS & PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HIT Commons, the Oregon POLST Registry, and MyDirectives today announced a major interoperability milestone. For the first time, validated Oregon POLST forms ...

Oregon's groundbreaking POLST program -- a program that allows persons to communicate their end-of-life plans via a physician's written order -- has achieved a new milestone. In its first 365 days, ...

Dr. Susan Tolle, M.D., of the OHSU Center for Ethics in Health Care explains the POLST Registry One of Oregon's most successful health care innovations will celebrate a noteworthy anniversary in a few ...

POLST is a medical order signed by a health care provider based on patient%27s wishes for end-of-life care The National POLST Task Force Initiative has endorsed POLST programs in 16 states Supporters ...

Oregon's end-of-life medical directive form, or POLST form, will no longer include the option of having a feeding tube. Feeding tubes are surgically inserted through the abdomen wall and deliver food.

Susan Hickman, PhD, director of the Indiana University Center for Aging Research at Regenstrief Institute, and her colleagues nationwide are stressing the importance of including orders about ...

St. Charles Health System first to activate this interoperability in Oregon through Epic EHR, enabling real-time access for clinicians and first responders This achievement was made possible through ...

In its first 365 days, the Oregon POLST Registry has received more than 40,000 POLST forms from Oregonians with advanced illness or frailty. These individuals have chosen to participate in an ...