October 2025
News
In this issue
| Introducing eMedCharts in Fred Dispense |
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| Is your NASH certificate expiring soon? |
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| This Month's PBS Changes |
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Introducing eMedCharts in Fred Dispense
Fred Dispense now supports eMedCharts—electronic medication charts commonly used in residential aged care facilities and hospitals to manage patient prescriptions. These charts provide a standardised and accountable way to record and access medication information, improving safety and continuity of care. Within Fred Dispense, eMedCharts enable seamless electronic prescribing, claiming, and supply of PBS and non-PBS medicines.
An eMedChart SCID begins with the number 3 and is automatically populated when an eMedChart script is scanned. You can copy the SCID to the clipboard using the Copy Chart SCID icon. 
A new shortcut icon displays on the Main Dispense screen for patients with a stored eMedChart, allowing dispensers to retrieve the chart via eRx with a single click. This reduces manual entry and improves dispensing speed.
For more details on how eMedCharts work and how they support safe and efficient dispensing, see eMedCharts in Fred Dispense.
Is your NASH certificate expiring soon?
The NASH certificate expires every two years and needs to be manually renewed on PRODA then uploaded into Fred Connect.
The NASH certificate is required to ensure HI Services, MySL and MyHR continue to be operational.
If your NASH certificate is about to expire, you will receive an email from Fred IT with instructions on how to renew and upload it.
How to check your NASH certificate expiry
To check the expiry of your most current NASH certificate, follow these steps:
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Open Fred Connect.
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Select the Plugins tab.
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Select the eRx config tab, then click the eRx Adapter Configuration button.
The window that pops up shows you your certificates and their expiry dates.
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Make sure that the certificate that starts with "general" is selected. If it is not selected, then select it and click Next to make sure you are using the most current certificate.
For more information on updating your NASH certificate, see NASH Certificate.
This Month's PBS Changes
For the full Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits, go to the PBS website at http://www.pbs.gov.au/ where you can search the schedule by drug name.
For your convenience, we've also uploaded a printable summary of this month's important PBS changes to this site.
For Highly Specialised Drugs (HSD) items (CAR and non-CAR), please refer to the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits as well as Services Australia to confirm whether the PBS item code for a HSD is eligible to be dispensed and claimed by your pharmacy type.