The preadmissions assessmentprocess for patients interested in admitting to any Sovereign Health facilityhas been designed to be thorough, rigorous and timely Whenever possible, we attempt to speakdirectly with the patient When that isnot possible, we gather as much background information as is available from: parents,a spouse or other persons with knowledge of the admitting patient’s treatmenthistory, personal background and life historyWe also collect and review all relevant prior medical and treatment records The next step in the assessment process is athorough review by a clinically trained member of our admissions team of all theinformation that has been collected Atthat point, based on the information we have been given, we can make an initialdetermination of whether or not the client is clinically appropriate foradmission to one of our facilities Theaccuracy of these preadmissions assessments is dependent on the accuracy of theinformation provided to us However, thereality of patients struggling with mental illness is that the situation isalways fluid, often volatile and a patient’s status can change in a matter ofminutes or hours These changes canoccur following our initial assessment and prior to admission, at the time ofadmission or at any time during the course of treatment This means that although a patient may beappropriate for admissions to one of our facilities at the time of the initialassessment, that suitability can change at any time and that may necessitatemoving the patient to a different level of care or even to a different facility(inside or outside the Sovereign network) in order to meet their changing clinicalneeds
The preadmissions assessmentprocess for patients interested in admitting to any Sovereign Health facilityhas been designed to be thorough, rigorous and timely Whenever possible, we attempt to speakdirectly with the patient When that isnot possible, we gather as much background information as is available from: parents,a spouse or other persons with knowledge of the admitting patient’s treatmenthistory, personal background and life historyWe also collect and review all relevant prior medical and treatment records The next step in the assessment process is athorough review by a clinically trained member of our admissions team of all theinformation that has been collected Atthat point, based on the information we have been given, we can make an initialdetermination of whether or not the client is clinically appropriate foradmission to one of our facilities Theaccuracy of these preadmissions assessments is dependent on the accuracy of theinformation provided to us However, thereality of patients struggling with mental illness is that the situation isalways fluid, often volatile and a patient’s status can change in a matter ofminutes or hours These changes canoccur following our initial assessment and prior to admission, at the time ofadmission or at any time during the course of treatment This means that although a patient may beappropriate for admissions to one of our facilities at the time of the initialassessment, that suitability can change at any time and that may necessitatemoving the patient to a different level of care or even to a different facility(inside or outside the Sovereign network) in order to meet their changing clinicalneeds