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Reasons for discordance and concordance between POLST orders and current treatment preferences by Hickman, Susan E., Torke, Alexia M., Heim Smith, Nicholette, Myers, Anne L., Sudore, Rebecca L., Hammes, Bernard J., Sachs, Greg A.

“…Background The reasons for discordance between advance care planning (ACP) documentation and current preferences are not well understood. The POLST form offers…”
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POLST recall, concordance, and decision quality outcomes among nursing home residents and surrogate decision-makers by Hickman, Susan E, Sudore, Rebecca L, Torke, Alexia M, Tang, Qing, Bakoyannis, Giorgos, Heim Smith, Nicholette, Myers, Anne L, Hammes, Bernard J

“…POLST orders are actionable in an emergency, so it is important that the decisions be of high quality and concordant with current preferences. The goal of this…”
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Reasons for Discordance Between Life-Sustaining Treatment Preferences and Medical Orders in Nursing Facilities Without POLST by Heim Smith, Nicholette L., Sudore, Rebecca L., Myers, Anne L., Hammes, Bernard J., Hickman, Susan E.

“…Background Life-sustaining treatment (LST) orders are important communication tools used to ensure preference-concordant care at the end of life. Recent…”
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Factors associated with concordance between POLST orders and current treatment preferences by Hickman, Susan E., Torke, Alexia M., Sachs, Greg A., Sudore, Rebecca L., Tang, Qing, Bakoyannis, Giorgos, Heim Smith, Nicholette, Myers, Anne L., Hammes, Bernard J.

“…Background POLST is widely used to document the treatment preferences of nursing facility residents as orders, but it is unknown how well previously completed…”
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Do Life-Sustaining Treatment Orders Match Patient and Surrogate Preferences? The Role of POLST (RP303) by Hickman, Susan, Torke, Alexia, Sachs, Greg, Sudore, Rebecca, Tang, Qing, Bakoyannis, Giorgos, Smith, Nicholette Heim, Myers, Anne, Hammes, Bernard

“…Objectives Discuss the importance of concordance between documentation and current preferences to ensuring treatment preferences are honored at the end of…”
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Do Life-sustaining Treatment Orders Match Patient and Surrogate Preferences? The Role of POLST by Hickman, Susan E., Torke, Alexia M., Sachs, Greg A., Sudore, Rebecca L., Tang, Qing, Bakoyannis, Giorgos, Smith, Nicholette Heim, Myers, Anne L., Hammes, Bernard J.

“…Background It is essential to high-quality medical care that life-sustaining treatment orders match the current, values-based preferences of patients or their…”
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