News, Journals & Events
Our News & Journals section includes publications on the POLST Paradigm Initiative, our Newsletter, and POLST in the media. Please contact us to share articles or news from your community.
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News
January 9, 2012
Dr. Susan Tolle of the OHSU Center for Ethics in Health Care appeared on OPB's Think Out Loud and spoke about the POLST program.
JAMA:POLST Registry Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders and Other Patient Treatment Preferences
January 5, 2012
This JAMA article highlights the latest research to gauge the impacts of the POLST program
VIDEO: Dr. Susan Tolle Explains the Most Recent Article About POLST in the JAMA
January 5, 2012
This week, the Journal of the American Medical Association published an article about a real Oregon innovation: The POLST Program. In this video the director of OHSU’s Ethics Center, Dr. Susan Tolle explains the research and the paper.
New Jersey Governor signs "POLST Act"
December 26, 2011
By Beth Christian
The National Law Review
End-of-life care: An Oregon Innovation Helps People Avoid Unwanted Interventions 
November 2, 2011
An end-of-life care innovation developed in Oregon is proving a reliable way for people to avoid unwanted medical interventions.
October 21, 2011
Survey of Medical Records Demonstrates Effectiveness of Program to Honor Wishes of Those With Advanced Illness or Frailty
End of Life Transitions among Nursing Home Residents with Cgnitive Issues
October 6, 2011
Pedro Gozalo, Ph.D., Joan M. Teno, M.D., Susan L. Mitchell, M.D., M.P.H., Jon Skinner, Ph.D., Julie Bynum, M.D., M.P.H., Denise Tyler, Ph.D., and Vincent Mor, Ph.D.
International Conference on Advance Care Planning and End of Life Care
October 5, 2011
Request for submission of abstracts for original work for consideration as a workshop, oral or poster presentation. Conference will be held May 31-June 2 2012.
POLST Registries Bring Orders for Medical Treatment Choices to the Internet Age
October 5, 2011
Version 2 of the “Guidance for Oregon’s Health Care Professionals” is available for download
August 25 , 2011
June 16, 2011
AARP
"Surrogate Decision-Making and the Need for Advance Care Planning"
April 2011
By Keith Swerz, M.D., Mark Kuczewski, PH.D, and Paul S. Mueller, MD, M.P.H.
Minnesota Medicine
March 15, 2011
By Laura Landro
The Wall Street Journal
February, 2011
By Mark D. Smith, M.D., M.B.A.
California Healthcare Foundation
"Program to Enhance Communication of Life-sustaining Treatment Preferences Associated with Closer
Adherence to a Person’s Wishes when Compared with Traditional Practices, Finds NIH-Supported
Study"
July 8, 2010
National Institute of Health News
"Oregon's POLST form helps clarify end-of-life decisions"
July 2, 2010
By Andy Dworkin
The Oregonian
Journals
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
"A Comparison of Methods to Communicate Treatment Preferences in Nursing Facilities: Traditional Practices Versus the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Program"
Authors: Susan E. Hickman, PhD, Christine A. Nelson, PhD, RN, Nancy A. Perrin, PhD, Alvin H. Moss, MD, Bernard J. Hammes, PhD, and Susan W. Tolle, MD
2010, July; Volume 58, Issue 7: 1241-1248
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
"A Comparative, Retrospective, Observational Study of the Prevalence, Availability, and Specificity of Advance Care Plans in a County that Implemented an Advance Care Planning Microsystem"
Authors: Bernard J. Hammes, PhD, Brenda L. Rooney, PhD, MPH, and Jacob D. Gundrum, MS
2010, July; Volume 58, Issue 7: 1249-1255
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
"Effect of a Disease-Specific Planning Intervention on Surrogate Understanding of Patient Goals for Future Medical Treatment"
Authors: Karin T. Kirchhoff, PhD, RN, Bernard J. Hammes, PhD, Karen A. Kehl, PhD, RN, Linda A. Briggs, MA, MS, RN, and Roger L. Brown, PhD
2010, July; Volume 58, Issue 7: 1233-1240
The Milbank Quarterly
"The Evolution of Health Care Advance
Planning Law and Policy"
Author: Charles P. Sabatino
2010, Volume 88, No. 2: 211–239
"Advance Directives and Outcomes of Surrogate Decision Making before Death"
Authors: Maria J. Silveira, M.D., M.P.H., Scott Y.H. Kim, M.D., Ph.D.,
and Kenneth M. Langa, M.D., Ph.D.
2010, April;362;13: 1211-1218
"Reversing the Code Status of Advance Directives?"
Author: Muriel R. Gillick, M.D.
2010, April:362;13: 1239-1240
"POLST Offers Next Stage in Honoring Patient Preferences"
Authors: Diane E. Meier, MD and Larry Beresford
2009, March; Volume 12, Number 4: 291-295
"Use of the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Paradigm Program in the Hospice Setting"
Authors: Susan E. Hickman, PhD, Christine A. Nelson, PhD, RN, Alvin H. Moss, MD, Bernard J. Hammes, PhD, Allison Terwilliger, MPH, RN, Ann Jackson, MBA, Susan W. Tolle, MD
2009, February; Volume 12, Number 2: 133-141
Caring for the Ages
"Hospitals, LTC Facilities Are Moving Toward Newer End-of-Life Strategies: Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment orders are joined by default surrogate approach"
Author: Joyce Frieden
November, 2008; p. 5
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
"The POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) Paradigm to Improve
End-of-Life Care: Potential State Legal Barriers to Implementation"
Authors: Susan E. Hickman, Charles P. Sabatino, Alvin H. Moss, and Jessica Wehrle Nester
2008, March; Volume 36: 119 - 140
Annals of Internal Medicine
"Caring for Organs or for Patients? Ethical Concerns about the Uniform Anatomical
Gift Act (2006)"
Authors: Michael A. DeVita, MD, and Arthur L. Caplan, PhD
2007, Dec; Volume 147. No. 12, 876-880
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Journal
"Having Your Say In End-Of-Life Care"
Author: Jennifer Bails
Fall 2007; Volume 3. No.4
Annals of Long Term Care
"The POLST Paradigm: Respecting the Wishes of Patients and Families"
Authors: Patrick M. Dunn, MD, Susan W. Tolle, MD, Alvin H. Moss, MD, Judith S. Black, MD, MHA
2007, Sept; Volume 15. No. 9, 33-40
Events
National POLST Paradigm Conference
"Partners in POLST: Efficacy and Innovation in Honoring
Choices across Care Settings"
Thursday, February 16, 2012
The Catamaran Resort Hotel and Spa
San Diego, California
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