DALLAS & PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HIT Commons, the Oregon POLST Registry, and MyDirectives today announced a major interoperability milestone. For the first time, validated Oregon POLST forms ...

Oregon's groundbreaking POLST program -- a program that allows persons to communicate their end-of-life plans via a physician's written order -- has achieved a new milestone. In its first 365 days, ...

Dr. Susan Tolle, M.D., of the OHSU Center for Ethics in Health Care explains the POLST Registry One of Oregon's most successful health care innovations will celebrate a noteworthy anniversary in a few ...

If you were 90 and your heart was failing, would you want a hospital to do everything it could to keep you alive? Or would you just want your pain controlled while nature took its course? Whatever ...

On the heels of my colleague James M. Berklan’s discussion about how little we know about our loved ones’ preferences for end-of-life care, there’s a sign of progress in Oregon. It comes down to a ...

A 92-year-old woman resides in an assisted-living facility in Oregon and has extensive inoperable coronary artery disease, becoming breathless moving from her bed to the chair. Capable of decisions, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. – Two new studies published this week demonstrate that a unique Oregon program designed to provide seriously-ill patients greater control over life-sustaining interventions is widely ...

POLST is a medical order signed by a health care provider based on patient%27s wishes for end-of-life care The National POLST Task Force Initiative has endorsed POLST programs in 16 states Supporters ...

Sallie Cutler, left, and her mother, Alyce Cheatham, attended a 2012 luncheon for Oregon Health and Science University’s Center for Ethics in Health Care, which conducts research regarding Physician ...

St. Charles Health System first to activate this interoperability in Oregon through Epic EHR, enabling real-time access for clinicians and first responders This achievement was made possible through ...

PORTLAND, Ore. – In its first 365 days, the Oregon POLST Registry has received more than 40,000 POLST forms from Oregonians with advanced illness or frailty. These individuals have chosen to ...