Event Summary

The aim of an event summary is to add significant health care information to an individual’s electronic health record, at the discretion of the clinician and with the consent of the individual. The information may be used by the nominated primary provider to update their local record and the individual’s shared health summary.

Event summary in the Australian context

An event summary is used to capture key health information about significant healthcare events that are relevant to the ongoing care of an individual. Event summaries can be submitted to the My Health Record system by any participating organisation.

Context in digital health

The scope of the event summary addresses the needs of GPs but is a generic event summary. Events and information from other healthcare providers is envisaged for the future.

Figure 1: High level overview of clinical document delivery

These flows are described below:

1. The nominated healthcare provider consults with a patient and writes an event summary in their local system
2. The authoring system converts the clinical information into a structured electronic document
3. Other healthcare providers, usually the patients’ primary healthcare providers, can view the event summary by downloading it from the My Health Record system