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MOLST End-of-Life and Palliative Care Planning, MOLST …

Health Care Proxy Law and Family Health Care Decisions Act revised, effective June 17, 2020. The Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) program is designed to improve the quality of care seriously ill people receive at the end of life. MOLST is based on the patient’s current health status, prognosis, and goals for care.

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Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST)

WEBAcknowledge. Legitimize. Explore (rather than prematurely reassuring) Empathize. Reinforce commitment and non-abandonment. Use MOLST to guide choices and …

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General Instructions and Glossary

WEBPlease note: There are 5 different checklists for adult patients: Checklist #1 - Adult patients with medical decision-making capacity (any setting) Checklist #2 - Adult patients without …

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Prepare for Discussion – MOLST

WEBPrepare for Discussion: Medical Team. The attending physician or nurse practitioner leads the medical team and and is ultimately responsible for identifying appropriate patients …

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MOLST End-of-Life and Palliative Care Planning, MOLST …

WEBMOLST. 2008 – New York State Public Health Law was amended to allow the Commissioner of NYSDOH to approve an alternate form (MOLST) to be used statewide …

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Thoughtful MOLST Discussion – MOLST

WEBThoughtful MOLST Discussions. MOLST orders are completed at the end of a thorough conversation or series of conversations between the patient (or the Health Care Agent …

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MOLST is Done: Now What

WEBThe MOLST form represents medical orders that the patient wishes to receive and avoid now based on current health status and prognosis. When a person is admitted to a …

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Authority of a Health Care Agent & Surrogate – MOLST

WEBSurrogate’s Rights and Obligations. Under New York’s Family Health Care Decisions Act, a Surrogate: Is required to make medical decisions that are patient-centered, according to …

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Ethical & Legal Requirements – MOLST

WEBEthical & Legal Requirements. There are multiple laws that govern advance care planning and end-of-life medical decision making regarding life-sustaining treatment in New York …

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MOLST Form – MOLST

WEBMOLST Form. The MOLST form is a set of medical orders for patients with advanced illness who might die within 1-2 years; require long-term care services; or wish …

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Ethics & The Law – MOLST

WEBStep 1 – Exclusion Criteria: A patient is screened for exclusion criteria, and if s/he has a medical condition on the exclusion criteria list, the patient is not eligible for ventilator …

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Prognosis – MOLST

WEBPrognosis is a medical term used to predict the future course of a disease, the chance for recovery and the likelihood of a person’s survival. Typically, prognosis refers to the …

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MOLST End-of-Life and Palliative Care Planning, MOLST for New …

WEBThe DOH Checklist #2 is used. Individuals with I/DD who lack capacity to make their own health care decisions and do not have a health care proxy have special requirements …

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POLST: An improvement over traditional advance directives

WEB460 CLEVELAND CLINIC JOURNAL OF MEDICINE VOLUME 79 • NUMBER 7 JULY 2012 PHYSICIAN ORDERS than 1 year, or anyone of advanced age inter-ested in defining …

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Feeding Tubes – MOLST

WEBThe Guidelines on Tube Feeding/Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) Tubes for Adults were originally developed to support thoughtful MOLST discussions and shared …

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History – MOLST

WEBThe MOLST program began as a community initiative in Rochester to improve end‑of-life care in 2001. After working from 2001 to 2003 on the creation of the MOLST form and …

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