Abstract:Background: POLST-Portable Medical Orders-abbreviated as POLST, is a nationwide initiative to help providers document and meet a patient's end-of-life wishes. Problem: Provider completion of POLST documents in primary care can promote continuity and implementation of patient preferences at the end of life in community-dwelling adults. Educating and providing a clinical process to support POLST use may improve implementation. Approach: A POLST toolkit was developed for primary care providers with measurement of… Show more
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