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Understand Differences Between MOLST, POLST Forms

Published on Wed Jul 30, 2025

Question: Our patients sometimes ask our providers about MOLST or POLST forms during an encounter. I’m not sure whether our practice needs one or both forms available on hand. Could you help? Washington Subscriber Answer: MOLST stands for medical order for life-saving treatment, and POLST stands for [portable] physician order for life-saving treatment. Both forms are used to describe a [...]
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