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Core values

- **Improves Advance Care Planning**: It enhances the understanding of patients' goals and values, and improves provider understanding of where patients would like to spend their last days, which can significantly impact the quality of end-of-life care[1].
- **Enhances Patient-Provider Communication**: The project facilitates better communication between patients and healthcare providers, leading to more patient-centered care[1].
- **Contributes to Quality Improvement**: The project has shown to improve general understanding of patients’ goals and values compared to traditional advance directives, which can lead to better care coordination and patient outcomes[1].
- **Supports Vulnerable Populations**: Studies such as the one on the Bone Marrow Transplant population indicate that the project can be tailored to meet the needs of specific and often vulnerable patient groups[1].