What happens if you are transferred to Brookhaven from Alchemilla

Best first step: Ask your Alchemilla care team why Brookhaven is being recommended, what information is being sent, whether you are going by ambulance or another transport method, and what to expect when you arrive.

• Alchemilla may recommend Brookhaven transfer when behavioral health, safety, medication, crisis, or substance-use needs require additional review.
• Transfer can happen from the emergency department, observation area, inpatient unit, discharge planning process, or another Alchemilla service.
• Alchemilla should explain why the transfer is being recommended and what is being sent with you.
• Brookhaven may complete another intake or safety review after arrival.
• Your belongings, medications, and support-person access may be handled differently after transfer.
• Use urgent or emergency help if safety cannot wait for transfer or review.

Reason	What it may mean
Behavioral health safety review	Brookhaven may need to assess whether outpatient care, crisis planning, observation, or inpatient care is safest.
Psychiatric or medication review	A Brookhaven prescriber or care team may need to review medications, side effects, missed doses, withdrawal concerns, or recent changes.
Crisis follow-up	Brookhaven may need to continue care after emergency or crisis evaluation.
Substance-use support	Additional review may be needed for withdrawal risk, treatment options, medication support, or program placement.
Level-of-care review	Brookhaven may need to decide whether inpatient care, outpatient care, urgent follow-up, or another service is the best next step.

• Ask whether you are medically cleared, still being medically monitored, or waiting on results before transfer.
• Ask whether the transfer is for intake assessment, observation, inpatient evaluation, medication review, or admission.
• Ask how you will be transported and whether a support person can follow or meet you later.
• Ask what belongings are being sent, stored, inventoried, or sent home.
• Ask whether medications you brought from home will be sent, stored, or reviewed separately.
• Ask whether you can make a phone call before transfer if it is safe and allowed.

Information type	Why it matters
Reason for transfer	Helps Brookhaven understand the concern being reviewed.
Medical screening and recent results	Helps Brookhaven understand medical stability, pending concerns, and whether further medical care is needed.
Medication list	Helps review current medications, allergies, side effects, missed doses, and medication safety needs.
Safety concerns	Helps Brookhaven decide observation level, room placement, belongings review, and immediate support needs.
Support-person information	Helps Brookhaven know who may provide information, transportation, or discharge support when allowed.

1. Brookhaven confirms your identity and transfer reason.
2. Staff review the Alchemilla handoff and any records sent with you.
3. Staff may ask safety, medication, substance-use, and symptom questions again.
4. Your belongings may be reviewed, inventoried, stored, or returned to a support person depending on the setting.
5. A clinician may review whether you need intake assessment, observation, inpatient evaluation, admission, transfer elsewhere, or discharge planning.
6. Staff explain where you will wait, who is reviewing your care, and what happens next.

Medication safety: Tell Brookhaven if you took medication before transfer, missed a dose, took more than prescribed, stopped a medication recently, used alcohol or substances, or are worried about withdrawal or side effects.

• Adult patients generally decide who can receive updates unless legal authority or emergency circumstances apply.
• Brookhaven may need to speak with the patient privately for part of the review.
• Support people may be asked to wait in a separate area during clinical review.
• Visitor access may depend on unit rules, safety review, admission status, and patient preference.
• Some behavioral health, substance-use, teen, dependent, or safety-related information may have additional privacy limits.

• Alchemilla emergency or hospital records may appear separately from Brookhaven behavioral health records.
• Brookhaven discharge instructions may not appear at the same time as Alchemilla visit summaries.
• Medication lists may show changes from both facilities, but sensitive records may still have privacy limits.
• Proxy users may see less than the patient sees.
• Linked records do not override Brookhaven privacy, safety, or consent rules.

• Ask whether you are waiting on medical results, a Brookhaven bed, transportation, or clinician review.
• Ask whether your admission status or observation status has changed.
• Ask who is responsible for medications while you wait at Alchemilla.
• Ask whether your support person can receive updates.
• Ask what to do if symptoms worsen while waiting.
• Tell staff right away if you feel unsafe, overwhelmed, confused, or physically worse.

• Why is Brookhaven being recommended?
• Am I being transferred for intake, observation, inpatient evaluation, admission, or another review?
• Is the transfer voluntary, involuntary, or still being reviewed?
• What information is Alchemilla sending to Brookhaven?
• How will I get there, and who is arranging transportation?
• What happens to my belongings and medications?
• Can my support person come with me, follow me, or receive updates?
• What should I do if I feel unsafe before or after transfer?
• Who will explain the next step after I arrive?

Do not wait for transfer, intake, portal messages, bed availability, or discharge instructions if there is immediate danger, thoughts of self-harm, thoughts of harming someone else, possible overdose, severe withdrawal, severe confusion, or you cannot stay safe.

• Use emergency services if there is immediate danger.
• Tell Alchemilla or Brookhaven staff immediately if you are on campus and feel unsafe.
• Call or text 988 in the U.S. for mental health, emotional distress, substance-use, or crisis support.
• Call Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 in the U.S. for possible poisoning, overdose, or medication mistakes.