About First DataBank Europe

First DataBank Europe (FDBE) is the UK’s leading provider of drug knowledge bases and active clinical decision support. With over 25 years’ experience of maintaining, developing and integrating drug knowledge bases across the entire healthcare spectrum, FDBE has unrivalled expertise and knowledge in this specialist field. NHS Connecting for Health has chosen FDBE to provide drug-related clinical decision support.

Patient safety is the driving force behind our business. Through the effective integration of our products into clinical systems, we enable safer prescribing, dispensing and administration.

Our Multilex Drug Data File (Multilex DDF) – the UK’s most comprehensive and widely used drug knowledge base – is in daily use by thousands of healthcare professionals in the UK.

Benefits of Multilex DDF within Vision

INPS has worked with FDBE for many years and the Vision system incorporates Multilex DDF. When a GP opens a medical record within Vision in order to prescribe medication, the system accesses Multilex DDF which provides a comprehensive and updated picking list and carries out a number of patient specific clinical checks including:

• drug-drug interactions;
• sensitivities;
• contraindications;
• precautions.

Interactions are graded to show the severity of the alert and provide an instant reminder to the prescriber of any potential problems. These clinical checks are vital to help reduce medication errors and support patient safety.
Further details

For further information please visit www.firstdatabank.co.uk