On Nov. 8, WellStar rolled out an updated Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) – a pink, user-friendly form that will ensure patients’ treatment wishes regarding end-of-life care are honored and they are provided only the care they want. Decisions on end-of-life care include CPR, antibiotics, IV fluids, feeding tubes, etc.The ethics committee at each facility will assist in coordinating the rollout of the new POLST form which will replace the current goldenrod form that’s been used by WellStar for more than five year. This new POLST form should be utilized and any unused goldenrod forms should be destroyed.
