Here’s an interesting article about standing orders (SOs) in long-term care organizations. The aim of this project was to create a consensus-based SO set grounded in high-quality evidence, clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), and expert opinion for approval and use by multiple practices/providers across multiple organizations. A purposive sample of SOs from 13 diverse Minnesota NHs was compiled into one SO document. Revisions were based on a coalition of geriatric experts’ opinions and achieved content validity when they were satisfied with the contents. Read more.
