Improving Advanced Care Planning with Video w/ Ferdinando Mirarchi
Many patients want to have a say in their medical care, especially when it comes to end-of-life decisions.
Despite this, only a third of U.S. adults have completed any form of advance care directive.
Even for those who do plan ahead, traditional paper-based advance directives often face challenges like misinterpretation or even being ignored altogether.
Could video-recorded directives be the answer?
In this HealthBiz Brief, MIDEO CEO Dr. Ferdinando Mirarchi sheds light on the limitations of standard advance care directives and explains why video-based solutions might deliver better results, offering greater clarity and ensuring patients’ wishes are honored.
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🎙️⚕️ ABOUT FERDINANDO MIRARCHI
Ferdinando Mirarchi, D.O, is the CEO and Chief Medical Officer of USACS MIDEO, LLC, and recently appointed Chairman of the National Palliative Care Committee for USACS. As the Principal Investigator of the TRIAD Research Series (The Realistic Interpretation of Advance Directives), Dr. Mirarchi has uncovered a global patient safety risk stemming from confusion around living wills, DNR, and POLST orders. His research, featured in outlets like The New York Times and The Washington Post, led to the creation of MIDEO (My Informed Decision on VidEO), an innovative, evidence-based video advance directive designed to enhance patient safety by clarifying medical orders and making them instantly accessible.
🎙️⚕️ ABOUT MIDEO
MIDEO is a video-based advance care planning platform that ensures patient healthcare wishes are clearly communicated when patients cannot express them themselves. By translating patient directives into medical and legal terms, MIDEO makes them easily accessible to medical professionals through a QR code. This innovative approach enhances patient care and reduces costs by providing clarity on critical and end-of-life healthcare preferences. MIDEO offers services tailored for patients, families, health plans, and clinicians, emphasizing the importance of understanding and honoring individual healthcare choices.
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