SB1157 Assisted Living Facility/Group Home Documentation

Tip Sheet Post Surgical Cerner Changes for Patients Residing in Assisted Living Facilities/Group Home - Arizona Senate Bill – SB1157 Overview: Arizona Senate Bill/Law – SB1157 requires hospitals to ensure Assisted Living Facilities (ALF) and Group Homes (GH) can care for patients coming from the hospital to their ALF/GH. Hospitals are required to provide hospital-visit-specific treatment and medication information upon discharge and provide a point of contact number for the ALF or GH for inquiries for 48 hours after discharge. Cerner changes have been made to provide appropriate documentation and maintain compliance for SB1157 ▪ Identify patients coming from and returning to ALFs and GHs for ED, Inpatient, OBS, OPIB, PACU (rare) ▪ Communicate with the ALFs and GHs to confirm post-discharge acceptance ▪ Assemble the required visit-related documentation at time of discharge ▪ Provide point of contact to receive post-discharge ALF and GH inquiry calls for each Banner Arizona hospitals for 48-hour post-discharge Read the entire Arizona Senate Bill 1157 here

Cerner changes will be implemented on January 2, 2024

Target Audience: Any RN in PACU, OB PACU, Endo PACU, or Pain Procedure who need to provide a Hospital Visit Summary for patients with a discharge destination to Assisted Living/Group Home. This only applies to patients that have come from the ED.

PACU documentation new reminder: Print Hospital Visit Summary if destination is Assisted Living/Group Home

Discharge Uplift Hospital Visit Summary: ▪ Go to the Discharge mPage then Discharge Forms component.

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