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Standardized Education On Physician Orders For Life Sustaining Treatment (Polst) Conversations, Venessa Oteniya
Standardized Education On Physician Orders For Life Sustaining Treatment (Polst) Conversations, Venessa Oteniya
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According to research literature, 15% of Medicare beneficiaries spend more than 7 days in the intensive care unit before they die. These Medicare beneficiaries receive aggressive, life-prolonging medical treatments that might not be in agreement with their wishes. Approximately 13% of SNF residents have improperly completed POLST forms that can result in intensive treatments that patients did not want. One barrier to the lack of POLST completion in SNFs is staff difficulty with understanding and explaining the form, a result of inadequate education.
In August 2020, the San Diego Coalition for Compassionate Care formed an education program to provide virtual …