Allergy Status

What Works: Effective Practices for Office-based CareDocumentation of Patient Assessment
Allergy Status

Recommendation: Allergy status is prominently displayed and updated at every visit.

Source: CRICO/RMF Office Practice Handbook



 Effective Practice
A prompt in the EMR to indicate that allergy status has been reviewed at each counter.
Benefits:
  • High visibility, standard location
  • Indicates that the patient was queried
In practice at: CHA (most sites)


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