What is the Difference between a M2 and C1 Designation?
A simple way of looking at this is to ask – What is the goal of care? Are we initiating an intervention in order to cure or control an illness or to relieve a symptom and get someone better so that they can live longer (M2)? Or are we intervening solely to relieve a symptom, with no expectation that treatment would meaningfully increase duration of their life (C1)? Patients with an M designation have a goal of care aimed at cure or control of their health conditions. They will not be resuscitated for cardiac or respiratory arrest, and will not receive care in an ICU. After discussion about their health condition and the medical appropriateness of potential care and interventions, patients with an M2 designation seek interventions and care treatment options available where they currently live. They do not wish to be transferred to acute care. They say “care for me as well as you can within the limitations of where I live, attempting to cure or control my health conditions. But I don’t w
