WV Center for End-of-Life Care

Established in 2002 by the WV Legislature, the West Virginia Center for End-of-Life Care provides coordination, education, and resources to help the state with all advance care planning needs. The Center also manages the WV e-Directive Registry which securely stores patients' advance directives (Living Wills, Medical Power of Attorney, Combined LW/MPOA), medical orders (POST form, DNR card), and other documents and makes them readily available to treating healthcare providers so that patients' wishes for medical treatment are recognized and respected regardless of the medical setting.

The Center has been recognized as a national leader in advance care planning organizations by:

• The New York Times
• AARP
• The National Quality Forum
• The Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
• The US Government Accountability Office
• The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

The WV e-Directive Registry is also the most comprehensive database of its kind in the nation.

As a volunteer for the Center, you will be able to help with any of the following tasks:

• mailing medical orders to health care providers
• mailing patient documents back to patients*
• data verification of forms on the Registry**
• form entry for documents on the Registry**

* Current HIPAA certification required due to PHI

** Current HIPAA certification required due to PHI and students in the WVU Division of Health Informatics and Information Management (HIIM) program typically given priority for this task

View the volunteer schedule to request available hours at: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=registryinfo@hsc.wvu.edu&ctz=America/New_York