This template reflects an ongoing concern on behalf of the provider that placed the allergy on a patient’s allergy list. As long as the underlying condition is of concern to the provider (i.e., as long as the allergy, whether active or resolved, is of ongoing concern and interest to the provider), the statusCode is “active”. Only when the underlying allergy is no longer of concern is the statusCode set to “completed”. The effectiveTime reflects the time that the underlying allergy was felt to be a concern. The statusCode of the Allergy Concern Act is the definitive indication of the status of the concern, whereas the effectiveTime of the nested Allergy - Intolerance Observation is the definitive indication of whether or not the underlying allergy is resolved. The effectiveTime/low of the Allergy Concern Act asserts when the concern became active. This equates to the time the concern was authored in the patient's chart. The effectiveTime/high asserts when the concern was completed (e.g., when the clinician deemed there is no longer any need to track the underlying condition).

This clinical statement act represents a concern relating to a patient's allergies or adverse events. A concern is a term used when referring to patient's problems that are related to one another. Observations of problems or other clinical statements captured at a point in time are wrapped in a Allergy Problem Act, or ""Concern"" act, which represents the ongoing process tracked over time. This outer Allergy Problem Act (representing the ""Concern"") can contain nested problem observations or other nested clinical statements relevant to the allergy concern.