; (ii) analysis and dissemination of best practices in implementing program for orders for life-sustaining treatment; (iii) voluntary standards for the establishment and operation of program for orders for life-sustaining treatment; and (iv) compilations and summaries of recently conducted research and other resources relevant to program for orders for life-sustaining treatment; (B) developing such a program for the area that includes hospitals, home care, hospice, long-term care, community and assisted living residences, skilled nursing facilities, and emergency medical services within a State; and (C) expanding an existing program for orders regarding life-sustaining treatment to serve more patients or enhance the quality of services, including educational services for patients and patients’ families, training of health care professionals, or establishing an orders for life-sustaining treatment registry. (3) Definitions In this subsection— (A) the term eligible entity means— (i) an academic medical center, a medical school, a State health department, a State medical association, a multistate task force, a hospital, or a health system capable of administering a program for physician orders regarding life-sustaining treatment for a State; or (ii) any other health care agency or entity as the Secretary determines appropriate; and (B) the term program for orders for life-sustaining treatment means a program that, regardless of its name— (i) implements a clinical process designed to facilitate shared, informed medical decisionmaking and communication between health care professionals and patients with serious, progressive illness or frailty and results in a set of medical orders that— (I) are consistent with the national standard as reflected by the National POLST Paradigm, representing health care providers, organizations, and stakeholders; (II) are portable and honored across care settings; and (III) address key medical decisions consistent with the patient’s goals of care