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Advisory council to revise MOLST website and continue exploring electronic registry; Connie system follow-up planned
Summary
The council's website redesign subgroup will update FAQs and resources, restructure content for consumers and providers, and the group reiterated that a statewide digital MOLST registry remains aspirational and would require funding; staff will follow up on the Connie system status for electronic records.
Council members reviewed progress on a planned redesign of the MOLST website and asked that consumer-facing content and FAQs be reworked for clarity and currency. Barbara Cass, senior adviser to the commissioner of the Department of Public Health for long-term care, said the subgroup has begun reviewing the current web page and will use archival materials to add relevant history and pilot documentation.
"We are looking at the current web page. And in October, there's going to be a redesign of the state platform, so it will look different," Cass said, and she asked committee members to share resources they use in current practice for possible inclusion in FAQs.
The subgroup separated FAQs by audience groups, and staff will circulate a compiled list of links for providers to flag whether resources remain relevant or should be updated or removed.
Members also raised the idea of posting a digital MOLST form on the website and developing a statewide registry. Jim (committee member) asked for an update on the "Connie" system, and Cass said the item remains on her follow-up list: "It's on my pathway list," she said, adding that a DPH representative who sat on the Connie work group has left and the department is identifying a replacement to report back.
A clinician participating in the meeting described Connie as operational in at least one health system: "it's operational, at least in the Yale New Haven Health System," that speaker said, noting usage is not yet universal. Council members called the registry aspirational because it would require funding and coordination across providers.
The website subgroup will circulate revised FAQs and a link inventory for review; staff will follow up with a Connie-system status update at the next meeting.
