SB1157 Assisted Living Facility/Group Home Documentation

Tip Sheet: FirstNet ED 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

ED RNs: New mandatory field added to ED Intake Forms – Adult and Peds. ED RN clicks Yes/No for “Patient resides in assisted living or group home”. This sets the pa tient’s living status to ALF/GH which fires an orange alert on LaunchPoint in room column.

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