DPH subcommittee moves pediatric MOLST guidance to provider training; orders slide and form revisions

A Department of Public Health subcommittee working on MOLST (Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) education agreed during a meeting to shift pediatric “special considerations” out of the public overview slides and into the provider training deck, and to overhaul several slides to show images of the actual MOLST form sections.

The change aims to avoid implying that children have different eligibility criteria for MOLST. Committee members agreed to phrase eligibility as applying to “all patients” and to add brief notes directing providers to use discretion with special populations. Staff were assigned to break the form into separate, readable slides, insert visuals of each form section, and add resource links for conducting the MOLST conversation.

Why it matters: the subcommittee’s edits affect how clinicians, EMTs and other professionals learn to use the MOLST form and how the public sees the program. Presenting the form visually and clarifying signature and voluntary language are intended to reduce…