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.
PBS Safety Net Threshold Changes
The Australian Government has made changes in relation to PBS co-payment charges for ‘threshold prescriptions’ that exactly meet the PBS Safety Net threshold. A threshold prescription is a prescription that either exactly meets or exceeds the PBS Safety Net threshold amount. Patients will now pay a reduced co-payment amount for the threshold prescription that exactly meets the PBS Safety Net threshold amount.
For example, an eligible concessional patient has recorded a total value of 35 prescriptions at $7.70. The next prescription priced at $7.70 exactly meets the safety net threshold ($277.20). The patient should be issued an entitlement card and the prescription supplied at $0.00 cost.
See the PBS Safety Net Rate and Qualifying PBS Prescriptions section for more details.
Delete an Item in a Basket
Right click an item in the embedded queue to delete that item from the basket
You can also delete items in bulk from the filtering screen by selecting the items and then clicking on the Delete Item(s) button
Drug Searching
A comma can now be used as a search term delimiter when searching for drugs. This can be especially useful for drug names that contain spaces. Up to three terms can be supplied in the pattern of DrugName,Form,Strength
Examples:
-
MS CONT,20
-
ZOFRAN ZYDIS,
-
AMOXIL,CAP,500
Fixed in Fred Dispense Plus
-
Fixed an issue with the display of drug ranking when a robot was enabled.
Search Tips
Fred Learning Pathways