Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST)

This website discusses the Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) program, which 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. The discussion emphasizes shared medical decision-making that helps the patient understand what can and cannot be accomplished. The result is a set of medical orders that must be honored by all health care professionals in all settings. MOLST is New York’s endorsed National POLST Paradigm Program.
#AdvanceCarePlanning

Communication
Topic
Advance Care Planning
Audience
Patients and Health Care Consumers, Families and Caregivers, Health Care Professionals
Setting
Hospitals and Health Systems, Long-Term, Residential, and Home-Based Care
Level
Applied