Create an Event Summary

Create an Event Summary and upload it to My Health Record.

About this task

The author listed on the Event Summary depends on your role.
Table 1. Author of Event Summary by Role
Author on My Health Record Role
General Medical Practitioner
  • GP
  • LeadGP
  • MdGp
Nurse Practitioner
  • NurseCP
  • NurseTR
Specialist Physicians nfd (not further defined)
  • Specialist
Health Therapy Professionals nfd (not further defined)
  • AlliedHealthPractitioner
  • All custom roles that meet the My Health Record access requirements. For more information, see practioner access.

Procedure

To create and upload an Event Summary:
  1. Open the patient's clinical record.
  2. In the Health Summary iconHealth Summary, click My Health Record icon in Health SummaryMy Health Record.
  3. In the My Health Record panel, to create a new Event Summary, click Create and select Event Summary from the Select Summary list.
    Create Event Summary Example
    Tip:
    The Shared Health Summary is selected by default.
  4. Information from the patient's clinical record is listed. Select the information you want to include or deselect the information you want to exclude.
    Event Summary Record Example
    Note:
    The information displayed may vary depending on what is available in the patient’s clinical record. Fields shown in grey are not available and cannot be selected.
    Note:
    Non‑standard Unicode symbols (such as ↑, ↓, ✓, ≤, ≥) and emojis are not supported. If these characters are included in the Clinical synopsis, they may appear as a question mark (?) in the Event Summary. Before creating or uploading an Event Summary, ensure all special Unicode characters and emojis are removed and replaced with standard text.
  5. To review the Event Summary before sending or uploading it, click Preview.
    Event Summary Record Example
  6. In the Event Summary preview panel or in the My Health Record panel, click Upload.

Results

The new Event Summary is added to the list on the View panel and is displayed in the ActionsActions section with a status: Upload Successful, Failed or Delivered.
Actions section with status example
When the consult is complete, the Event Summary moves from the ActionsActions section to the Patient Timeline.
Patient Timeline showing Event Summary

What to do next

To open a read-only copy of the Event Summary from either ActionsActions or Patient Timeline iconPatient Timeline, click Event Summary.

View the Event Summay from the My Health Record. For more information, refer to View panel.