17.1 Conduct a large-scale community awareness and education campaign about advance care planning (See also Objective 18 and Objective 19)

17.2 Educate health care professionals about tools and resources they can use to facilitate meaningful, culturally sensitive conversations with patients and families about advance care planning

17.3 Collaborate with electronic medical record vendors and health care systems to develop best practices for accessing, storing and retrieving advance care planning materials in the electronic medical record

17.4 Promote the use of advance care planning resources shortly after the time of diagnosis or early in treatment for cancer

17.5 Partner with payers to improve reimbursement for advance care planning conversations to supplement Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services payment rates

17.6 Work to mandate advance care planning services for all Minnesotans

17.7 Partner with health care systems to work collaboratively to promote expanded and effective use of advance care planning

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