Recommendation: End of life decisions for elderly/terminally ill patients are addressed in the medical record.

Source: RMF Office Practice Handbook

Effective Practice

Prompt for advance directives on a standardized form contains place to document "end of life preference"

Benefits

1. Prompt to cue the provider to discuss and document
2. Paper-based
3. Low tech
4. Low cost

In practice at: Senior Health Center (CHA)