Abstract
Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) is an advanced care planning tool which aims to facilitate End-of-Life communication between a dying patient and medical providers. Our research team examined the status of POLST program implementation across U.S. and identified state-level variations in how infection management is captured in POLST forms.
Sigma Membership
Alpha
Lead Author Affiliation
Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Type
Poster
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
N/A
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
End-of-Life, POLST, Palliative
Recommended Citation
Tark, Aluem, "Integration of infection management in physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST)" (2024). Leadership. 72.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/leadership/2018/posters/72
Conference Name
Leadership Connection 2018
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Conference Year
2018
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Integration of infection management in physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST)
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) is an advanced care planning tool which aims to facilitate End-of-Life communication between a dying patient and medical providers. Our research team examined the status of POLST program implementation across U.S. and identified state-level variations in how infection management is captured in POLST forms.