Event summaries: A guide for clinical immunology/allergy specialists using conformant software

An event summary is used to capture key information about a significant healthcare event that is relevant to the ongoing treatment or care of a patient.

This could include a new allergy or adverse reaction, a new prescribed medication, or interventions and diagnostic investigations that are one-off events.

The information contained in an event summary should describe:

• the presentation of the event

• the assessment made

• the action taken