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FDB (First Databank), the UK’s leading provider of prescribing decision support solutions for healthcare, today announced that its medicines optimisation solution, FDB OptimiseRx, has facilitated over £500 million in cost savings across NHS primary care services since launch in 2014.

Medicus, a new generation of Electronic Patient Record (EPR) for general practice, has integrated FDB’s Multilex prescribing decision support - the UK’s most widely used drug database and e-prescribing decision support solution. Integrating the Multilex drug database with an EPR enables context-specific drug knowledge and enhanced functionality that helps to reduce prescribing errors.

FDB (First Databank) today announced the launch of its new Cumulative Dose Check (CDC) service, part of FDB’s next generation of advanced dosing capabilities. The CDC service provides actionable, patient-specific dose administration support and will reduce the risk of inadvertent medicines administration errors within inpatient settings.

This exciting development brings AnalyseRx’s transformative benefits to 98% of GP practices across England.

FDB (First Databank) today announced that it has achieved certification to the ISO 14001:2015 standard, an international benchmark for environmental management systems (EMS). This is a significant step for FDB, the UK’s leading supplier of prescribing decision support solutions, and the accomplishment reflects our dedication to environmental responsibility and our commitment to sustainable practices.

FDB (First Databank), the UK’s leading provider of medicines optimisation and prescribing decision support solutions, proudly announces the acquisition of MedOptimise, an award-winning pioneer in software designed to aid in the coordination of medicines initiatives.

FDB (First Databank) today announced a contract has been signed to provide FDB Multilex to Written Medicine.

Following on from the successful rollout of FDB AnalyseRx in 2023, Vertis Health, a federation of GP surgeries and PCNs within Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB, were shortlisted for an HSJ Digital Awards 2024 in the category of ‘Improving Primary Care through Digital’.

We talk to Hayley Wickens, a genomics / microbiology specialist pharmacist at University Hospital Southampton, about her role at NHS Central and South Genomics and all things pharmacogenomics.

FDB is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a place on the prestigious NHS Shared Business Services’ Medicines Optimisation Prescribing Decision Support Systems 3 framework

Multidisciplinary teams across NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire have been using FDB AnalyseRx since 2023 with impressive results for the ICB, GP practices and PCNs. The team has used the software to support local practices and PCNs to deliver medicines safety initiatives and medicines cost savings opportunities.

FDB is pleased to announce that it has successfully achieved the Cyber Essentials Plus certification for the first time.

FDB has agreed to supply its Multilex clinical decision support for Better’s Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA) solution Better Meds within their Better Meds EDU programme for students.

OptimiseRx enables prescribers to switch individual patients onto more clinically appropriate and less expensive medicines and has grown savings from £100 million to £300 million in just four years.

FDB (First Databank) announced today that it has partnered with the PRSB (Professional Record Standards Body) as part of its Standards Partnership Scheme.

This is a significant step for FDB, the UK’s leading supplier of prescribing decision support solutions and it paves the way for the company’s journey towards up-classification of its solutions.

Congenica, a UK digital health company enabling the rapid analysis and accurate interpretation of genomic data at scale, and FDB (First Databank), UK provider of medicines optimisation and clinical decision support solutions, today announce a collaboration agreement to develop the delivery of pharmacogenomics (PGx) results into point of care prescribing.

Cleric has integrated FDB’s Multilex clinical decision support into its Respond-2 solution, which is a state-of-the art graphic command and control system used by 999 and 111 Services.

Northern Ireland’s Health and Social Care Board signs contract with FDB to deploy its primary care medicines optimisation solution to practices across the region. Significant benefits are expected for busy staff along with better outcomes for patients.