What is POLST/MOLST and when is it appropriate to use it?

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What is POLST/MOLST and when is it appropriate to use it?

POLST/MOLST are medical orders that are portable across care settings, turning a patient’s preferences for life-sustaining treatments into concrete physician orders. They’re meant for seriously ill or frail individuals who may lose decision-making capacity, ensuring that goals of care are honored whether the patient is at home, in a hospital, in hospice, or in long-term care. It’s not a hospital-only consent form for elective procedures, a research consent, or a general education brochure; those options don’t reflect how POLST/MOLST functions as actionable, cross-settings orders that guide treatment decisions like resuscitation and other interventions.

POLST/MOLST are medical orders that are portable across care settings, turning a patient’s preferences for life-sustaining treatments into concrete physician orders. They’re meant for seriously ill or frail individuals who may lose decision-making capacity, ensuring that goals of care are honored whether the patient is at home, in a hospital, in hospice, or in long-term care. It’s not a hospital-only consent form for elective procedures, a research consent, or a general education brochure; those options don’t reflect how POLST/MOLST functions as actionable, cross-settings orders that guide treatment decisions like resuscitation and other interventions.

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