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Archive Home > 2009 > October > 29 > Oregon launches first electronic registry program for end-of-life wishes

Oregon launches first electronic registry program for end-of-life wishes


October 29, 2009

Oregon has launched a 24-hour electronic registry for the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment program. It is the first such registry in the nation.

Patients with advanced illness or frailty and their health care providers can fill out forms that state their end-of-life wishes.....

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