Minnesota Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST). www.mnpolst.org PAGE 2 OF 2 INFORMATION FOR PATIENT NAMED ON THIS FORM NOTE TO PATIENTS AND SURROGATES The POLST form is always voluntary and is for persons with advanced illness or frailty. POLST records your wishes for medical treatment in your current state of health.
POLST | Minnesota Medical Association
The POLST helps to ensure the patient’s wishes are conveyed to emergency services and other medical providers. The POLST form is used and recognized by hospital systems, long-term care facilities, medical professionals, and emergency medical services throughout Minnesota.
Advance Care Planning - MN Dept. of Health
Jan 8, 2025 · Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) This form is most helpful and used often when someone is outside of the hospital. It is a medical provider's order which must be discussed with and signed by a health care provider.
This document provides general information about the POLST program in Minnesota, known as POLST Minnesota. For simplicity, the term POLST is used throughout the document. The recognized POLST form in Minnesota includes the state name. What is POLST? POLST stands for Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment. POLST Minnesota is the name of ...
Minnesota POLST Registry Study - MN Dept. of Health
Jan 2, 2025 · In 2023 the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) conducted a study to develop recommendations for a statewide registry of Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) forms.
Advance Directives / Minnesota Board on Aging (MBA)
POLST: A medical order based on your doctor’s understanding of your wishes regarding life-sustaining treatment. Physicians complete this medical order based on in-person conversations with you, or the wishes expressed in your health care directive.
POLST - Honoring Choices
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The POLST form is used and recognized by hospital systems, long-term care facilities, medical professionals, and emergency medical services throughout Minnesota. The POLST form is one part of advance care planning and does not replace a healthcare directive.
The POLST form is always voluntary and is for persons with advanced illness or frailty. POLST records your wishes for medical treatment in your current state of health.
Minnesota Medical Association
Provider Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) program is designed to improve the quality of care at the end of life. It provides a standard form that can be used for patients diagnosed with serious illnesses throughout Minnesota.