Critical Care Plus: Repository Launched for End-of-Life Information
January 1, 2001 less than 1 minute read
Critical Care Plus
Repository Launched for End-of-Life Information
By Julie Crawshaw
A leading national emergency medical information service announced the addition of a national repository for end-of-life medical information.
MedicAlert Foundation, the Turlock, Calif-based information service, launched the service in late August 2000. Medical preference documents for an individual’s end-of-life care directives can be stored, including life support directives, resuscitation, organ donation, living wills, and power of attorney.
"This service responds to the need for fast and confidential access by medical personnel," notes Tanya J. Glazebrook, President and CEO of MedicAlert Foundation. "It’s a natural extension of our services because we already store and transmit emergency medical information for millions of members around the world and are universally recognized within the health care community."
The repository offers a 24-hour call center operated 365 days a year in addition to:
• referral service for advance directives forms and assistance;
• verification of completed forms for all required signatures and contact information;
• physician and health care agent notification at enrollment and during medical events;
• family notification service;
• safe storage and transmission of advance directives regardless of health care setting.
Interested individuals can contact the MedicAlert Foundation. For more information, call toll-free at (888) 904-7630. World Wide Web: www.medicalert.org.
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