Fred Dispense Online Help

• Fee Changes from 1 January 2023
• PBS Summary of Changes

• Updated:July 2022 Fred Dispense newsletter
• Updated:Add a New Patient

• Updated:PBS Summary of Changes
• New: Create your own SIG codes
• Updated:Pharmacist Initials Setup

• October 2020 Fred Dispense Newsletter
• Electronic Prescriptions
• Key differences with ePrescriptions
• Frequently asked questions about ePrescribing

• Fred Pak: Examples of Packing Formats
• Fred Pak: Install and Configure Printer Drivers

• Added: Drug Usage Report

• November 2019 Fred Dispense Newsletter
• Added: Dispense Private Repeats From an Unapproved (Non-PBS) Pharmacy

• International Harmonisation of Ingredient Names
• Frequently Asked Questions

• Connect Fred Dispense and Fred Pak
• Fred Pak Configuration and Setup
• Set Up a Nursing Home for Packing
• Fred Pak Patients and their Medication
• Tray Management
• Printing and Reports in Fred Pak

• Create a Patient MedsIndex

• Dispense an Extemp Drug
• Question Mark Dispensing for S3 and OTC
• Dispense an Own Repeat
• Edit a Script
• Overview of Fred Dispense Menus
• Resend a Script to the POS Till
• Record and Report Patient Allergies and Conditions
• Update a Patient's Details
• Maintain PBS Online Messages
• Reclaim a Script

• Get Started with Dispensing
• Pharmacist Initials Setup
• Add a New Patient

• Archive Process
• Claim Summary Report
• Claim Detailed Report
• Weekly Payment Report
• View Claim Reports
• Payment Validation Report
• PBS Online Outage Report

• Drug Listing Report
• Hospital Required Scripts Report
• Email Reports
• Messenger Configuration

• Dispense and Reconcile Owing Prescriptions
• Owing Mark Off with eRx
• Print Owing Notices Automatically
• Hospital Owing Script Report

• Control Information
• Start or Restart Fred Connect
• Fred Connect - Check your Version and Manually Download an Update

• Mailing Labels, Mail Categories and Related Reports
• Mail Category
• Print Patient or Doctor Mailing Labels
• Report of Patients Based on Specific Criteria
• Report of Patients with Repeats Held at Pharmacy
• Report of Customers with Accounts

•  Migrated from the Fred Help Centre: Search for a Patient
• New Help Topic: Display the Patient Number above the Patient Name

• Export a Report and Import into Excel

• Flag Patients for Generic Dispensing
• What does #SC in Patient History Mean?
• What is a Safety Net Family?
• Patient List by Drug Report
• Electronically Mark a Prescription as Immediate Supply

• Patient Reports

• Script Reports

• April 2019 Fred Dispense Newsletter
• Migrated from the Fred Help Centre: Enhanced Scan Check

• Doctor Reports

• Tips for Helping Fred Solve Your Problems Faster
• Check PBS Online Status
• Pharmacy Details are not Printing on Reports

• Add a Diary (or Calendar) Entry
• Set up the Suburbs and Postcodes Database
• Enter a Patient's Suburb and Postcode
• Change the Colour of the Search Window
• Add a New Doctor
• Why Can't I Download Old PBS Online Statements after a Change of Approval Number?

• Enter Main Supplier
• Change Supplier PDE

10 December 2018:

PBS New Update: Advice of the amendment to the pricing of eribulin (Halaven®) pharmaceutical items

6 December 2018:

PBS News Update: Deferasirox (Jadenu / Exjade) equivalence note

27 November 2018:

Late Erratum to the December 2018 PBS Schedule: Valsartan and Valsartan+Hydrochlorothiazide

02 August 2018: Added a topic about Wholesale Pricing

Late Addendum: PDL Practice Alert - Rosuvastatin

04 July 2018:

Late Erratum to the July 2018 PBS Schedule: Pricing Corrections for Trastuzumab, Glatiramer Acetate, and Interferon Beta 1-A

• June 2018 Fred Dispense Newsletter
• June 2018 Release Notes

• June 2018 Fred Dispense Newsletter
• May 2018 Release Notes

• April 2018 Fred Dispense Newsletter
• April 2018 Release Notes

24 January 2018:

Erratum to the PBS Summary of Changes for February 2018
It has just been announced that Tenecteplase Injections (Metalyse), both strengths (8526R and 8527T) will remain on the PBS in February 2018. Please disregard the deletion notice in the PBS Summary of Changes effective 1 February 2018.

• February 2018 Fred Dispense Newsletter
• February 2018 Release Notes
• Spectre and Meltdown Security Vulnerabilities

• February 2018 Release Notes
• International Harmonisation of Ingredient Names (IHIN)

• 8 December 2017: Migrated from the Fred Help Centre:
  •  PBS Online Outages
  • No Claim Serial Number on a Reg24 Script
  • Search for a Drug
• 7 December 2017: Migrated from the Fred Help Centre: End-of-Year Process.
• 5 December 2017: Migrated from the Fred Help Centre: Closing the Gap (CTG).
• 1 December 2017: Migrated from the Fred Help Centre: Continued Dispensing
• December 2017 Fred Dispense Newsletter
• Migrated from the Fred Help Centre: Private Fees and Markups

27 October 2017: DHS Update - CAR Items prescribing and dispensing combinations

• The Wait Screen

• Enter a Hospital Provider Number
• Dispense to a Patient with No Medicare Number Stored
• Configure IME Options for Medicare Number Validation
• Manage a Patient's Medicare Details
• Add a Patient Without a First Name
• Nursing Home List of Patients Report
• Patient Medicare Release Form Report
• ScriptMAP 2020
• Control Panel
• Display Graphics on your Repeat Forms

• October 2017 Fred Dispense Newsletter
• Migrated from the Fred Help Centre: Reconcile a PBS Online Claim

• Reconcile the Electronic Prescription Fee (EPF)
• Fred Dispense Transfer to POS Specification

• Add or Update a Nursing Home
• Add a Patient to a Nursing Home

• July 2017 Fred Dispense Newsletter
• July 2017 Release Notes
• New help topic: Set NHS/OTC Prices for Different Quantities of an Under Co-Payment NHS Item
• Migrated from the Fred Help Centre: Print Patient Dockets for Script Collection

• Hide a Drug from the Drug Selection Screen
• L15 Sig This Medicine Replaces _ Do Not Use Both
• Enable Arrow Pharmaceuticals Pricing
• Drug Notes
• Drug Pricing

• June 2017 Fred Dispense Newsletter
• June 2017 Release Notes

• Updated some of the website styling, and added a navigation sidebar to each of the Fred Dispense Help.
• Added new topics: Drug Ranking, Stock Groups, Import Drug Specifics, Export Drug Specifics.

There are no PBS changes in March 2017. Program updates and drug updates must be run to accommodate any non-PBS updates.

• Published the February 2017 Fred Dispense Newsletter
• Published the Fred Dispense February 2017 Release Notes
• Added Discounting PBS Scripts (previously published on a separate website)