Practitioner Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment: A Model for Patient-Centered Care (Pt. 3)-Oct. 27
Location:
Webinar (Part 3 of 3)
12 to 1 p.m.
Registration:
Complimentary for staff at IHA member hospitals and health systems.
Registration includes program material and one phone/Internet connection. We encourage multiple staff from the same facility to submit one registration for the group and gather together to participate on one phone/Internet connection.
Register OnlineThis is the final webinar in a three-part series.
Difficult conversations with patients and their families are at the center of Practitioner Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST). Compassionate and comprehensive dialogue can bolster advance planning and ensure the patients’ goals are met. The POLST program is designed to protect patient autonomy and ensure appropriate treatment for seriously ill patients, a key consideration in during the COVID-19 pandemic. A three-part webinar series co-hosted by IHA and POLST Illinois will unpack Illinois’ POLST program and demonstrate how hospitals and health systems can use the program to improve end-of-life care.
The 2020 POLST Illinois Committee—composed of academic, clinical and policy experts—will take you on a journey from the program’s inception in 2000 to today’s technological components. They’ll explore the power of the POLST form in honoring patients’ wishes, and essential communication techniques to allow patients to make informed POLST decisions. You’ll also learn how POLST differs from other legal healthcare directives.
Attendees will have an opportunity to ask POLST experts questions and engage in an open discussion on the complexities of the POLST program.
Agenda
Tuesday, October 27, 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Technology review, open discussion
Chelsey Patten, D.Be., Senior Ethicist, OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center and OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois
Ellen Byrne, MPP, Public Policy Consultant, Illinois Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (IL-HPCO); and Founder & President, Act3 care plan, LLC
Objectives
Upon completion of this webinar series, you’ll be able to:
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Describe the key elements of the POLST program
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Demonstrate key communication techniques that providers can utilize for end-of-life conversations
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Discuss the impact that COVID-19 has had on the POLST program
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Identify the uses of technology to support the POLST program
Who Should Attend
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Chief medical officers
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Chief nursing officers
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Directors of quality and safety
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Emergency department staff
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Staff in hospital medicine, palliative/geriatric medicine, care coordination and other related disciplines
Speakers
Ellen Byrne, MPP, Public Policy Consultant, IL HPCO; and Founder & President, Act3 care plan, LLC
A certified professional in healthcare quality, Byrne has extensive healthcare experience and is currently focused on public policy relating to serious illness. In addition to consulting for IL HPCO, Byrne serves on the organization’s board, legislative committee (vice-chair) and POLST IL Taskforce. She has also helped develop and facilitate training programs for pharmaceutical companies and healthcare organizations, including Pfizer, Merck, Johnson & Johnson and OhioHealth. Byrne currently serves on the 2020 POLST Illinois Committee.
Paul Hutchison, MD, MA, HEC-C, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Bioethics, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Loyola University Medical Center
Since 2015, Dr. Hutchison has been a faculty member at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood. His clinical responsibilities include attending in the intensive care unit (ICU), staffing the pulmonary consultation service, performing outpatient and inpatient bronchoscopies, and seeing patients in a general pulmonary outpatient clinic. Dr. Hutchison is also a member of the hospital’s ethics committee and the 2020 POLST Illinois Committee. He is a certified healthcare ethics consultant whose research has focused on forming trust between ICU physicians and patients’ families. Dr. Hutchison contributed to revisions to Loyola’s “Do Not Resuscitate” policy and ventilator triage guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chelsey Patten, D.Be, Senior Ethicist, OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center and OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois
In addition to her position at OSF HealthCare, Patten is faculty in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria. At the university, she works with resident physicians and medical students in both the clinical and classroom settings. Patten also serves as adjunct faculty at the OSF Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing, providing ethics education to Doctor of Nursing Practice students. She also serves as the alternate state representative for National POLST and is a member of the National POLST Technology Committee—as well as the 2020 POLST Illinois Committee.
Nooshig Luz Salvador, MD, MSOM, FACP, HMDC, System Associate Medical Director, Edward-Elmhurst Health; and Palliative Care Services, Edward Hospital
Dr. Salvador is medical director of palliative care services at Edward Hospital in Naperville and Elmhurst Hospital in Elmhurst. She chairs the Elmhurst Hospital Ethics Committee and is part of the Elmhurst Hospital Integrative Medicine Committee. She also serves on committees to prevent workplace violence and improve mental health and wellbeing for all employees. A member of the 2020 POLST Illinois Committee, Dr. Salvador is currently completing an Integrative Medicine Fellowship. She is board certified in internal medicine, as well as hospice and palliative care medicine. She’s also certified as a Hospice Medical Director.