What is POLST?

The National POLST Paradigm is an approach to end-of-life planning based on conversations between patients, loved ones, and medical providers. The POLST Paradigm is designed to ensure that seriously ill patients can choose the treatments they want and that their wishes are honored by medical providers.

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POLST and Social Media Webinar

on June 18, 2013

This afternoon, National POLST hosted a very successful webinar on POLST and the use of social media. Led by Jamie Davis from LHCQF, Alex Ginsburg from National POLST, and Katie Orem from Compassion and Support, the webinar addressed the importance of social media to POLST communications strategies [...] Read more »

2014 National POLST Leadership Conference Scheduled

on June 3, 2013

Save the date for the National POLST Leadership Conference. It will be held: February 13-14, 2014 Hyatt Place Atlanta Airport-South 1899 Sullivan Road College Park, Georgia, USA, 30337 The conference is focused on leadership and strategic issues related to POLST. Its purpose is to: (a) provide ti[...] Read more »

Indiana’s New POST Program featured on Indiana Public Media

on May 17, 2013

Indiana Public Media, which administers NPR and PBS stations in the state, ran a story on Indiana’s new Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment (POST) program. As you may have read in a previous post, Indiana’s POST legislation just passed the legislature this month and was recently sign[...] Read more »

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