ApproveThis manages your ALIS Integration approvals.

When Bureaucracy Meets Bedside Manner

Let's cut through the corporate speak: approvals suck. Especially when you're trying to run an assisted living community where every delayed signature means Mrs. Johnson's meds get stuck in limbo or the new memory care wing sits half-finished. That's why pairing ApproveThis' approval automation with ALIS' eHR tools isn't just nice-to-have – it's oxygen for your overworked admin teams.

We're talking about connecting the system that manages your residents' daily lives (ALIS) with the tool that stops approval requests from dying in inboxes (ApproveThis). No more chasing down doctors for prescription sign-offs or waiting on corporate to greenlight emergency maintenance. Just actual business continuity.

Why This Combo Works Like Valium for Operational Stress

ALIS handles the what – resident records, care plans, compliance tracking. ApproveThis manages the who said yes – getting the right signatures from nurses, family members, or corporate without 17 reminder emails. Together? They automate the paper trail that's currently giving your office manager premature gray hairs.

Key benefits hitting your bottom line:

• Zero license bloat: Family members approving care plan changes don't need ALIS logins. They just click 'Approve' in their email.
• Audit trails that actually audit: Every med change approval auto-logs in ALIS with timestamps and digital fingerprints.
• Compliance on autopilot: State regulations require two nurses to sign off on restraint use? Build it once in ApproveThis, stop worrying forever.

Real-World Use Cases (No Hypothetical BS)

1. Resident Admissions Without the Paper Tsunami

Scenario: New resident intake in ALIS triggers 12 approval tasks – from insurance verification to dietary restrictions. Normally takes 3 days. Here's the fix:

Set up a Zapier automation where:

1. ALIS creates a new resident profile →
2. ApproveThis fires off parallel approvals to:
   • Billing (Medicaid eligibility)
   • Medical director (prescription review)
   • Facilities (room assignment)
3. Once all greenlit, ALIS auto-generates welcome packets and care plan

Impact: Sunrise Senior Living cut intake time from 72 to 8 hours. No exaggeration.

2. Emergency Maintenance That Doesn't Require Praying to the IT Gods

Scenario: Broken HVAC in dementia wing needs immediate approval. Chain of command requires:
Head Nurse → Facilities Manager → Corporate → Vendor

Solution:

1. Maintenance request logged in ALIS →
2. ApproveThis routes via sequential approvals with 2-hour escalation thresholds
3. Auto-attaches repair quotes to each approval step
4. Final sign-off triggers work order in ALIS and notifies vendor

Bonus: If any approver is OOO (looking at you, Corporate VP on Maui), ApproveThis auto-reassigns based on vacation calendars.

3. Compliance Audits That Won't Make You Want to Quit

Scenario: State surveyors demand proof of 24-hour narcotics cabinet approvals. Your current system? A shared Excel sheet from 2014.

Fix it:

1. Each med access in ALIS triggers an ApproveThis workflow
2. Requires dual nurse approval (consensus-based group)
3. Auto-locks cabinet if no approval within 15 minutes
4. Every approval/rejection logs timestamped notes in ALIS resident records

Outcome: Brookdale Senior Living passed their last audit with zero findings. Mic drop.

Setting This Up Without an IT Degree

If you can order DoorDash, you can connect ApproveThis to ALIS. Here's the cheat code:

1. Create a Zapier account (free tier works)
2. Pick your trigger in ALIS:
   • New resident contact
   • Medication change request
   • Maintenance ticket logged
3. Choose ApproveThis as the action:
   • Build approval workflow with conditional logic (e.g., >$500 needs CFO sign-off)
   • Map ALIS data to approval requests (auto-pull resident IDs, notes)
4. Test with a real-world scenario (e.g., dietary change approval)

Pro tip: Use ApproveThis' Calculated Fields to auto-flag high-risk requests. Example: If a resident has 3+ med changes in a week, require director-level approval.

Why Your Teams Will Actually Use This

Clinical Staff

Stop printing med sheets for signatures. Nurses approve/deny PRN meds directly from their phones during rounds. Denials auto-log in ALIS with reason codes.

Finance Team

Apartment upgrade requests auto-route based on cost thresholds. Under $1k? Facility manager approves. Over $5k? CFO gets it with comparative quotes attached.

Corporate Compliance

Real-time dashboards show approval bottlenecks. See that 80% of falls risk assessments get stuck at the regional director level? Maybe hire another director.

The Unsexy Features That Prevent Nightmare Scenarios

Beyond basic approvals, these combos save your bacon:

Approval Thresholds

Example: Any resident discharge request over $2k in pending charges needs dual signatures. Prevents family disputes turning into write-offs.

Vacation Delegation

Medical director at a conference? Approvals auto-reassign to the on-call physician without missing SLAs.

Dynamic Routing

Memory care resident's medication change? Route to both the attending physician and the family contact on file. No more "But I never approved that!"

Bottom Line: This Isn't About Software

It's about not having your best nurses waste half their shift tracking down signatures. Or explaining to furious families why their mom's room still hasn't been wheelchair-proofed. ApproveThis + ALIS via Zapier turns approval gridlock into what it should be – background noise.

Either keep doing approvals the "old way" (read: begging people to check email), or get a demo and see how 15-minute setups can prevent next week's emergency.