Expands the definition of “state-authorized portable orders” that are recognized in VA to include specialized forms or identifiers authorized by state law or the state medical board or association.

Nearly all states are working to grow adoption of POLST as a way to help patients, families and clinicians dealing with serious progressive illness and/or frailty. This map provides an easy …

This Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Handbook defines the use and execution of state-authorized portable do-not-attempt-resuscitation (DNAR) orders and state-authorized orders …

SAPO (State Authorized Portable Orders) SMOST (Summary of Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment) For simplicity, “POLST” is commonly used when referring to POLST forms or …

A Physicians Order for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form is a medical order and is available to people with advanced illnesses — it specifies the type of care a person would like …

December 12, 2023 VHA DIRECTIVE 1004.03(1) 1 ADVANCE CARE PLANNING 1. POLICY . It is Veterans Health Administration (VHA) policy that Department of Veterans Affairs

A state-authorized advance directive is a non-VA DPAHC, living will, mental health directive, or other advance directive document that is legally recognized by a state. The validity of state …

2024年8月13日 · State-Authorized Portable Orders. Individual states have Physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) or medical orders for life-sustaining treatment (MOLST). …

2014年6月11日 · This Veterans Health Administration (<strong>VHA</strong>) <strong>Handbook</strong> defines the use and execution of state …

1004.04, State-Authorized Portable Orders, dated February 26, 2019) as SAPO must be written based on a goals of care conversation (GoCC) and offered when establishing a life-sustaining …