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OHSU launches latest innovation in documenting end-of-life care wishes

OHSU launches latest innovation in documenting end-of-life care wishes

June 15, 2015
Oregon Health & Science University, in partnership with Silicon Valley startup Vynca, Oregon POLST and the Oregon POLST Registry, today announced the launch of ePOLST, a fully integrated electronic version of the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment, commonly known as POLST, which will assist health care systems in more accurately recording and accessing the wishes of patients who are nearing the end of life.

OHSU research building named for noted molecular biologist

June 04, 2015
Oregon Health & Science University has named a research building after the late Hildegard Lamfrom, Ph.D., who was one of the 20th’ century’s most influential and accomplished women in the emerging field of molecular biology during an exceptional career spanning four decades.
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