Comparison of a Web-based Advance Directive to a Standard Advance Directive

Ourcarewishes (OCW) is a web-based platform to document advance care planning based at Penn. OCW contains more detailed content on preferences and values than a standard advance directive and allows electronic sharing with loved ones and transmission to the Penn EHR.

Patients receive a paper copy of an advance directive used by social workers at Penn Medicine and are encouraged to complete on their own.