This new requirement will only affect paper POLST forms, as the mandatory hard-stop already exists within all Oregon ePOLST systems.

Data from the Oregon POLST Registry provides vital information that helps to guide the Oregon POLST Program's quality improvement initiatives and educational innovations.

  Read their annual report at:
https://orpolstregistry.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/2022-oregon-polst-registry-annual-report.pdf

Now that we have completed the initial nine languages of the POLST Patient Factsheet, we are looking to get the word out to anyone who serves these multicultural communities.

The project to translate the English version of the POLST factsheet for patients and other laypersons into clear language versions began in mid-2021. Each version has been reviewed for cultural appropriateness of text and images by beta-testers from each population’s community. We worked with Lorena Sprager and her colleagues to engage Community Health Workers and others within each of these non-English speaking communities.

Spanish, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Korean, Vietnamese, Russian, Ukrainian, and Arabic versions are complete and available on the Oregon POLST Program's website on the Patients & Family page located under A Factsheet for Someone New to POLST. The Japanese translation is currently in production/beta-testing process.

Please share the news about these new multilingual POLST resources.