Fred Dispense Plus - 17 February 2022

Release Notes

New in Fred Dispense Plus

Fred Dispense Plus automatically applies both software and drug updates. No user intervention is required, but please ensure that your server PC is always switched on as automatic updates are applied outside of business hours.

Own Brand Drugs

You can now create Own Brand Drugs (OBD) that will be available during the dispensing process.

To manage OBD’s navigate to Administration> Own Brand Drugs.

Use the Drug search field to lookup existing OBD’s. To display a list of all own brand drug records, leave the search field blank and press the search icon.

  1. Click the icon to create a new Own Brand Drug.

    Alternatively, if no results were found, click Add New Own Brand.

  2. Enter the relevant information for the drug and then Save.

Own Brand Drugs will display in the drug search results provided the status is set to Active.

If the status is set to Hidden the drug will not appear in the drug search results, however, all OBD’s will appear in the Reports drug search irrespective of status.

Fred Office Pharmacies

  1. From Fred Office, open the applicable item card and click on Links > Drugs > Match.

  2. Search for your Own Brand Drug using the description entered into Fred Dispense Plus and save to complete the process.

NXT Office Pharmacies

  1. Click on the search button under POS Item for the relevant Own Brand Drug.

  2. Search and select an item to link the POS product to your Own Brand Drug.

Own Brand Drugs are included in reporting results.

Setting the Schedule to 4R, 8 or 8A for the Own Brand Drug will trigger the Real Time Prescription Monitoring Pre-Check when dispensing this item.

Supplier and Supplier PDE configuration

You are now able to configure Primary and Secondary stock suppliers as well as supplier PDE numbers within Fred Dispense Plus.

From the Administration > Pharmacy Settings screen, two settings are now available to configure the Primary (Supplier 1) and Secondary (Supplier 2) stock suppliers.

To configure each supplier, select from the drop-down box and save the changes.

The example below shows API and SIG selected as the suppliers.

Within the Drug section of the Administration screen, you can now view the supplier PDE codes for the default suppliers configured (where available). Additionally, you can override with a different supplier’s PDE by selecting the desired supplier or specify a PDE by setting the Supplier as OWN.

Various areas of Dispense Plus have been enhanced to display PDE information when a drug is selected.

Drug Details tile

We now display the primary and secondary supplier and PDE, as well as the Fred Drug Code.

Quick Drug Pricing Screen

We now display the primary supplier and PDE, as well as the Fred Drug Code.

You can now include Primary or Secondary supplier PDE codes on drug reports. This applies to the following reports:

  • Drug Usage

  • Drug Usage Since Last

  • Monthly Drug Usage

  • Drug Usage Ranked

A new column shows the supplier that is associated with the PDE in the report.

End User Licence Agreement

After each Fred Dispense Plus update, the End User Licence Agreement now displays and must be accepted to open Fred Dispense Plus.

Fixes

Wait screen Focus

An issue where the focus would be lost after changing initials while completing a script has been fixed.

Pricing when performing a generic substitution on a repeat

Fixed an issue where the price would fail to re-calculate after performing a generic substitution on a private repeat.

Drug usage report - Question mark item

Fixed an issue where the usage for question mark items could be incorrect.

Missing initials on dispense label

Under an unusual circumstance, only the dispenser initials and not the responsible pharmacist initials would print on the dispense label.

Continued Dispensing Notice

In some cases, an incorrect AHPRA number would print on the Continued Dispensing Notice, this has now been fixed.

Reactivate inactive prescriber

Fixed an issue where an inactive prescriber could not be reactivated.

QuickPad with question mark items (NXT Office only)

Opening the QuickPad after dispensing a question mark item now loads the current item automatically as expected.

Question mark dispense and set prices (Fred Office only)

Fixed an issue where changing the quantity would result in the set price being ignored.