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MIDEO Founder and CEO, Ferdinando Mirarchi, DO, and Professor Thaddeus Pope, PhD, to be Published in The Journal of Patient Safety

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Wednesday, April 19, 2023
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Pertinent to the MIDEO mission of improving patient safety, the article discusses the frequent, recurring discordant medical care and misinterpretation of advance directives (ADs) and portable orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST).

Key Points: 
  • Pertinent to the MIDEO mission of improving patient safety, the article discusses the frequent, recurring discordant medical care and misinterpretation of advance directives (ADs) and portable orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST).
  • It proceeds to highlight how video can be used as a beneficial tool to accompany written advance directives or POLST orders to improve patient safety.
  • Dr. Mirarchi and Professor Pope’s dedication to improving advance directive initiatives and educating others on the topic is apparent in this soon-to-be published article.
  • “Professor Pope and I are advocates for the safe utilization of advance directives and POLSTs,” said Dr. Mirarchi.