Speaker:
Julie Goldstein, MD
Medical Director, AAH Advance Care Planning & Shared Decision-Making in Serious Illness Program
Co-Chair, AAH Ethics Committee Chairs Steering Committee
Advocate Aurora Health

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, the participant will understand how this new bill will impact:

• Witness signature requirement for POLST form
• Process of assessing decisional capacity/qualifying condition under the Illinois Health Care Surrogate Act 
• Recognition of POLST or POLST-like forms from other states and National POLST form
• Approach to Substitute/Surrogate Decision-Maker override of patient-generated POLST form