The Bristol Hospice–Georgia program was part of a sweeping change in improving healthcare for millions of Georgians with its recent sponsorship and exhibit booth at the Georgia Physician Orders For Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Conference on May 8, 2014.  As part of this collaboration, the Georgia program and its team members educated patients, families and health care professionals to the POLST medical order, which enables seriously ill patients designate their desired treatment  and ensures medical professionals honor their preferences.