IPOST Essentials, April 28, 2014

IPOST stands for: Iowa Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment. The IPOST is a standardized, clearly identifiable one page, salmon colored form. The IPOST allows an individual to communicate their treatment preferences for life-sustaining treatments. This is a communication tool that is complementary to an advance directive. An IPOST is appropriate for individuals who are frail and elderly, have a chronic, serious critical medical condition, or terminal illness. To date, the following counties have launched the IPOST program: Linn, Jones, Johnson, Muscatine, Scott, Dubuque, Polk, Blackhawk, Woodbury and Webster.