POLST: Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (free video conference)

Physician orders for life sustaining treatment (POLST) is a research-based, one-page document that translates a patient's health care wishes into a physician order that can be honored by community care team members.

Allina Hospitals & Clinics invites physicians, nurses, chaplains, social workers, case managers, discharge planners and other interested health care providers to learn Allina's goals for POLST. During this noon to 1 p.m. video conference, Gloria Cade, RN, director, Allina Hospice, will explain standard documentation of health care wishes for those who are frail, elderly, living in residential care centers or who have chronic advanced or end stage illness.

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2009 Palliative Care Video Conferencing Series

This video conference is part of a series of free educational opportunities about hot topics within palliative care. From April to December 2009, please join us every third Friday of the month, from noon to 1 p.m.

For more information, see the attached brochure.

Date and time

11/20/2009

12:00 PM

Location

Allina Hospitals & Clinics video conference locations in Minnesota and western Wisconsin
Buffalo, Cambridge, Coon Rapids, Fridley, Minneapolis, New Ulm, Owatonna, Plymouth, St. Paul, Shakopee, River Falls, Woodbury,

Contact information

Allina Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care
1055 Westgate Drive, Suite 100
St. Paul, MN 55114
Phone: 612-262-7276
Fax: 612-262-7050
Email: Kathleen.Lundin@allina.com