POLST Form Language. Opportunity for input.
Posted about 4 years ago by Kathy Kinderman
Input requested on revisions to POLST
Posted about 8 hours ago by Nancy Lawton
WSMA, WSHA, WEOLC, and HCPNW Invite Input on Revised Advance Directive and Washington POLST
RELEASE DATE: February 1, 2021
We are pleased to invite stakeholders to participate in a call for comment about the proposed revisions to the Advance Directive and Washington POLST documents.
To support participation in the call for comment, we have prepared an information package including the proposed Advance Directive and Washington POLST documents and the current (outgoing) versions of the documents. Please review the materials in the first bullet below before completing the Advance Directive survey (2nd bullet) and Washington POLST survey (3rd bullet).
Information Package: https://wsma.org/doc_library/resources/advance_care_planning/call_for_comment.pdf
Advance Directive Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2021AdvanceDirective
Washington POLST Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2021POLST
We will accept comments until February 22, 2021. Please contact jessica@wsma.orgwith questions.
We look forward to your input on these revised, proposed documents. With this effort, we support our shared goal of honoring people’s goals, values, and preferences at the end of life.
Sincerely,
Jessica Martinson, Washington State Medical Association and WSMA Foundation
Sue Bergmann, Honoring Choices PNW and Washington State Hospital Association
Sharmon Figenshaw, ARNP, Washington POLST Task Force Co-Chair
Bruce Smith, MD, Washington POLST Task Force Co-Chair