POLST – Expected to Die in 1 Year? Or in 2 Years?

The National POLST Paradigm rightly advises that a POLST is not for everyone. But exactly for whom is POLST appropriate? Within One Year The National POLST Paradigm states that "Only patients with serious illnesses or frailty for whom their health care professionals would not be surprised if they died within a year should have a POLST." Within Two Years For closely analogous orders, the Veterans Health Administration advises: "Goals of care conversations to discuss life-sustaining treatment plans are required for patients who are at high-risk of a life-threatening clinical event within the next 1-2 years." Beyond Two Years The VHA advises life-sustaining treatment plans when the patient’s provider "would not be surprised if the patient experienced a life-threatening clinical event within the next one to two years" But the VHA does not stop there. Such plans are also appropriate for "high-risk” patients at…

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