At First DataBank Europe (FDBE), we continue to develop and expand our product line to meet our customers’ needs and national requirements. Some exciting and recent developments include the following:

The latest version of the Multilex Drug Data File (Multilex DDF) contains a number of important product developments including live data for our dose range check module and functionality which supports our customers in meeting emerging national healthcare standards. For more information on these developments, please click here.

The following new functionality is included in this version of our ASCII Data Files:

The release provides England and Wales with changes to the full endorsement string and the calendar pack endorsing element. These developments will ease identification of prescriptions which need to be separated from other prescriptions, including broken bulk prescriptions. This meets the standards of the Prescription Pricing Department and therefore helps when sending reimbursements.

Drug allergies recorded using dm+d products and SNOMED CT substance codes can now be used to drive a sensitivity check within Multilex DDF.

To enable our customers to integrate this functionality more effectively and become SNOMED CT compliant, FDBE has also released a subset of SNOMED CT codes suitable for presenting in a picking list to support the recording of patient medication sensitivities and allergies.

This version of Multilex DDF contains a number of significant new features, including the integration of NHS CfH’s chosen terminologies, namely the NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (NHS dm+d) and the Systemised Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT).

This release is designed to support FDBE’s customers in meeting NHS CfH requirements, including the National Care Records Service and the Electronic Prescription Service. For more information on this release, please click here.

This release includes the following:

The advanced and flexible Multilex Endorsement and Reimbursement Toolkit uses the complex regional Drug Tariff endorsing rules to provide automatic prescription endorsement. This results in significant business benefits due to the reduction of manual endorsing and the provision of a wide range of forecasting and management information. Click here for more information.

FDBE customers are now able to download their regular data cut of Multilex DDF directly from FDBE's website allowing the automation of their update process. For further details please contact our Customer Service Department or if you are a customer with a password, download your update here.

New functionality is developed to meet changing market requirements and help our customers continue to meet the needs of their own customers. Free upgrades of product functionality are available regularly to FDBE customers. The new product releases are available to both Toolkit and ASCII customers and include advance warning of all scheduled enhancements. We strongly advise customers to incorporate new functionality and move to the latest versions of our products in order to take advantage of important new developments and keep pace with emerging healthcare standards. Please note that new developments are not made available in previous versions of our products.