Articles from MyDirectives

HIT Commons, the Oregon POLST Registry, and MyDirectives today announced a major interoperability milestone. For the first time, validated Oregon POLST forms are available nationwide through Carequality and eHealth Exchange, and can be retrieved directly within participating EHR workflows.

MyDirectives, the leading provider of digital advance care planning (ACP) solutions, and KanTime Healthcare Software, the industry leader in enterprise software for post-acute care, today announced a strategic partnership to embed MyDirectives for Clinicians™ directly into the KanTime EHR. This integration will empower KanTime’s home health, hospice, palliative, and home care providers to seamlessly access and share patients’ advance care plans, delivering goal-concordant care, improving patient and family satisfaction, and avoiding unwanted treatments or interventions.

MyDirectives, the leading provider of digital advance care planning (ACP) solutions, announced today that Ochsner Health, a leading health system serving Louisiana and the Gulf South, is now live with MyDirectives for Clinicians. Integrated seamlessly within Ochsner’s Epic electronic health record (EHR) system, this solution enables physician and non-physician healthcare team members to efficiently engage patients in ACP conversations, ensuring that critical healthcare preferences are documented, accessible, and actionable across multiple care settings.

MyDirectives, the leading provider of digital advance care planning (ACP) tools, announced today the passing of Sherry Tevebaugh Brown, mother of MyDirectives president and CEO, Scott Brown. Mrs. Brown, who battled multiple sclerosis for nearly 40 years, is remembered as the inspiration for MyDirectives. She passed away in her sleep on February 11, 2025, peacefully and with dignity—the very values that led to the founding of MyDirectives 18 years ago this month.

MyDirectives, the leading provider of digital advance care planning (ACP) tools, and the National POLST Collaborative, a key advocate for patient-centered portable medical orders, today announced a strategic agreement aimed at improving the quality and accessibility of portable medical orders across the United States.

MyDirectives, the leading provider of digital advance care planning (ACP) tools, announced today it was awarded a contract to improve the creation, accessibility, and interoperability of portable medical orders (POLST forms) for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This project aims to revolutionize the way healthcare providers and first responders access critical healthcare directives, ultimately improving patient care across the state.

MyDirectives, the leading innovator in digital advance care planning (ACP), is pleased to announce the appointment of Ron Wozny as senior vice president of marketing and business development and Jessica Zan, RN, BSN, MAMFC, as senior director of clinical implementations. These strategic additions to the leadership team are set to drive the company’s next phase of growth and enhance its commitment to improving patient care through the effective use of digital advanced healthcare decisions documents such as advance directives.

ADVault, Inc., a pioneer in digital advance care planning (ACP) tools, announced the launch of its redesigned flagship platform, MyDirectives®, alongside the change of its company name and logo. Today marks the official transition to MyDirectives, a change aimed at better aligning to the company mission of providing tools to ensure seamless accessibility to a person’s medical treatment goals, preferences, and priorities anytime and anywhere they’re needed.

MyDirectives®, the foremost provider of digital advance care planning solutions, and Five Wishes®, recognized as America’s premier advance care planning program, today announced a partnership that improves access and usability in creating advance care planning (ACP) documents. Effective April 11, Five Wishes Digital has transitioned to the MyDirectives platform, offering individuals and their loved ones an enhanced experience and improved access to their Five Wishes documents by loved ones and healthcare providers.

A new Industry Brief issued by MyDirectives® reports there are promising indicators that Medicare Advantage (MA) plans can positively impact their CMS Star Ratings by offering members access to advance care planning (ACP) tools and documents. MyDirectives is the leading digital ACP platform for healthcare providers, payers, and consumers.

MyDirectives®, the leader in digital advance care planning (ACP), and Beyond Lucid Technologies, Inc. (BLT), a Communications Platform-as-a-Service for emergency health information exchange, have announced a partnership designed to provide mobile medical service providers with patient advance healthcare decisions documents, such as advance directives and portable medical orders, in real time.

MyDirectives’ Senior Vice President of Enterprise Integrations Lisa Nelson has been honored with the prestigious HL7 Volunteer of the Year Award. HL7 (http://www.hl7.org), or Health Level Seven, are a range of global standards that form a comprehensive framework for the transfer, sharing and integration of clinical and administrative health data between applications. The award, presented by the not-for-profit Health Level Seven International Organization, recognizes individuals who have made noteworthy contributions towards this goal.