Successful advance care planning cannot depend only on motivating individuals to do advance planning, asserts the Respecting Choices® program of Gunderson Lutheran Medical Center in Lacrosse, Wisconsin.  It also requires a system of practices, policies, and staff education so that advance care plans are obtained, stored, retrieved, updated, and finally, respected at the proper time.

The Respecting Choices® program offers a toolkit designed to help organizations assess how their current system works (process and outcomes) and develop a more effective system to respect a patient's recorded plans for future medical care. 

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