C17 - Electronically Transmissible Stop Orders

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed) join with other professional organizations (including but not limited to the American Medical Association, American College of Physicians, American Academy of Family Physicians, American Geriatrics Society, American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, LeadingAge, and American Health Care Association) in advocating for inclusion of electronically-transmissible stop orders as a condition of certification of electronic health records.

Note: Effective August 13, 2024, AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is now Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed).