The 27th SRS Multispecialty Desert Conference is designed to bring the entire Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group together to learn and grow.

Lack of advance care planning places patients at risk of receiving care misaligned with their values, goals, and preferences as well as increased patient and family distress at end-of-life. This results from a variety of barriers at the provider, patient, and system levels of care including lack of provider knowledge, limited patient awareness, and time constraints. Current completion of Advance Directives and Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (AD &POLST) in patient files is 50%...