Fred Dispense Plus - 23 February 2023 (v25)

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.

You asked. We listened.

A number of the features and enhancements in this release are in direct response to feedback from our customers who have submitted suggestions via UserVoice. The features below with a UserVoice icon include a link to the original UserVoice request.

Do you have a great idea on how to make Fred Dispense Plus an even better way to dispense? See Post your Fred Dispense Plus idea on UserVoice for more information.

ePrescriptions - Indication on dispense label

Dispense Plus now displays an ‘E’ on the main label to the right of the Repeats to indicate the prescription is an ePrescription.

See UserVoice item .

ePrescriptions - Dispensing of repeats

Improvements have been made when dispensing the repeat of an electronic prescription that was last dispensed at your pharmacy. Expected extra details such as overridden patient price will now carry across.

See UserVoice item .

Search - Barcodes

Barcode search is now enabled in Administration > Drugs form and Administration > Own Brand Drugs form.

See UserVoice item .

Search - Fred Drug Code

Fred Drug Code search is now enabled in Administration > Drugs form.

Patients - Update new Medicare card number from PBS

If a corrected Medicare card number has been returned from PBS, an alert displays to the user when a script for that Patient is edited.

See UserVoice item .

Dispense Options - Important Patient Note

A new Dispense Option has been added to enable users to choose whether pressing ‘C’ to continue through an Important Patient Note is enforced. This setting will default to Yes.

See UserVoice item .

Dispense Options - Patient title on Label

A new label option has been added to Dispense Options to include/exclude patient title on dispense label.

Owing Script - Default date

The script date now defaults to today when starting an owing script.

See UserVoice item .

FinalCheck - Patient demographics

Pressing F8 from the FinalCheck screen now opens the patient demographics.

Reports - List of Scripts

The List of Scripts Report has been enhanced to include the ability to report based on Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) Classification. Find out more about ATC Classification .

This enables users to run List of Scripts reports based on:

• Anatomical groups (e.g. Anti-infectives for systemic use)

• Therapeutic groups (e.g. Anti-bacterials for systemic use)

• Pharmacological groups (e.g. Beta-lactam antibacterials, penicillins)

• Chemical groups (e.g. Penicillins with extended spectrum)

• Chemical substance (e.g. Amoxicillin)

 

Patient - Date of Birth

When you enter a two-digit year for Birth Date on the Patient Maintenance screen, the conversion to a four-digit year has been improved to avoid converting to a date in the future.

Example

Today's Date	Date Entered (2-digit year)	Converted Date (4-digit year)
15/03/2023	160323	16/03/1923
15/03/2023	140323	14/03/2023

See UserVoice item .