video advance directives – End of Life University

Learn about video advance directives and how to get involved in this game-changing innovation for the future of advance care planning.

In this episode I host three guests – Patty Burgess, Dr. Fred Mirarchi, and Sheila Schultz – who have partnered together to create MIDEO University, the only organization to train and certify Advance Care Planning Educators (ACPE’s) in every community. They share how MIDEO’s video advance directives are revolutionizing end-of-life and emergency care in hospitals and how they are training doulas, advance care planners and other healthcare professionals to become paid educators using the MIDEO approach. Learn more at their website:

www.YourVoiceDirectives.com

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This episode includes:

What MIDEO is and why Dr. Mirarchi was inspired to create a video advance directive
How Patty and Sheila became inspired to partner with Dr. Mirarchi to create an educational program for end-of-life doulas and other healthcare professionals
How MIDEO works and what differentiates it from other advance directives
How certification as an ACPE can benefit an end-of-life doula professionally
Why advance care planning should not focus solely on end-of-life scenarios
Why video directives are important during this time of the COVID pandemic
How an ACPE can benefit primary care health providers in their work with patients
How to participate in MIDEO University and become certified as an ACPE

Links mentioned in this episode:

Previous interview with Dr. Mirarchi: Episode 249 and EOLU 2017
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Webinars:
- Webinar One -January 27^th at 3:00 PM EASTERN – DYING TO BE HEARD: Medical “Stranger-Danger” and the Pitfalls of Traditional Advance Care Planning
- Webinar Two – February 3^rd at 3:00 PM EASTERN – LEAD THE CHARGE: A Radical New Approach to Advance Care Planning – Step on a Path with Purpose AND Profit
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Learn how video tech is revolutionizing advance directives and about special training for death doulas to become ACP educators.

My guest Dr. Fred Mirarchi is an emergency medicine physician and the principal investigator of the TRIAD Research Series (The Realistic Interpretation of Advance Directives.) He’ll discuss how his research has confirmed that there is a nationwide patient safety risk due to confusion surrounding living wills, DNR and POLST orders. We will also talk about MIDEO, which is a video advance directive and physician’s medical order that improves both the quality and safety of advance care planning, AND his initiative to provide doulas with training to become ACP educators. Learn more at these websites:

www.mideocard.com

www.institutehcd.com

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Improving Advance Directives by Using Video Technology

This episode includes:

Significant problems with living wills and POLST orders revealed by TRIAD research
- poorly understood by patients
- misinterpreted by healthcare workers
- forms not properly completed
Poor communication and lack of education create problems with advance care planning
“Effective” living will document differs from “Active” living will, which is triggered by a terminal event
Why video is more effective than a paper form for documenting patient wishes
How MIDEO works for creating video directives
Training physicians, doulas and other healthcare providers to help patients create video directives
How COVID-19 is currently affecting advance care planning
Moral injury is occurring for healthcare providers making difficult decisions during COVID-19

Links mentioned in this episode:

Get the book here: 7 Lessons for Living from the Dying
Doula training program on ACP and MIDEO
Learn about MIDEO here
Join the team at Patreon.com/eolu and get access to the EOLU mug: “Mind if we talk about death?” (only Patrons can purchase it). PLUS get our new bonuses: the monthly EOL News Update, movie reviews from 2 Doctors and a Movie, and automatic access to A Year of Reading Dangerously!

If you enjoy this content please share it with others and consider leaving a review on iTunes! Thanks again to all supporters on my page at Patreon.com/eolu, especially my newest Patron: Marnie McCourty. Your contributions make all the difference!