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'''First DataBank''' a subsidiary of The Hearst Corporation, is the leading provider of electronic drug information to the healthcare industry. "We pioneered the concept of creating executable drug knowledge that’s designed to be relevant from the perspectives of multiple end users"(2). For more than two decades, First DataBank have partnered with several information system developers to deliver proven knowledge bases for integration into a wide range of applications all across the healthcare continuum, with particular expertise in clinical decision support within the workflow(2).According to First DataBank press release, "Together with our development partners, First DataBank helps reduce the incidence of medication errors and adverse drug events, which promises to lower healthcare costs and improve patient care"(1).
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'''First DataBank (FDB)''', FDB is part of the Hearst Health network, which also includes Zynx Health, MCG (formerly Milliman Care Guidelines) and Homecare Homebase. The mission of the Hearst Health network is to help guide the most important care moments by delivering vital information into the hands of everyone who touches a person’s health journey. [1]
  
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FDB company vision and mission
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Vision: We seek to create "a world free of medication errors." It is an aspiration that unites our employees behind a common purpose and is an opportunity for use to make a difference.
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Mission: to deliver solutions that improve medication-related decisions to enhance clinical care, patient safety and healthcare outcomes worldwide.
  
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First DataBank's National Drug Data File
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With FDB, you will find an unshakeable commitment to the difference-making power of drug knowledge coupled with an unrelenting determination to help leverage medication intelligence and insights to improve human health.
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--provides information to physicians and nurses as a ordering system that provides prices, drug descriptions on approved FDA products.
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Clinical systems used:
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==APPLICATIONS==
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--Medication Decision Support
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--CPOE (Computerized Provider Order Entry)
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FDB Electronic Health Records (EHR) system that unifies digital information flow. [2]
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FDB MedKnowledge (formerly NDDF Plus) is widely recognized as the leading drug knowledge choice for most EHR system developers. [2]
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FDB OrderKnowledge (formerly OrderView) features pre-built medication orders that provide only clinically-valid choices and dosages. [2]
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Clinical modules that identify the full spectrum of potential interactions. [2]
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Best practices approach to medication vocabulary locks in meaning, precision, and stability. [2]
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FDB Clinical Suite provides full spectrum support for medication decision making. [2]
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Invoke mandated electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS) safeguards such as two-factor authentication, digital signatures, and archiving when required by the state schedule of the drug using the FDB State and Federal Controlled Substances Module™. [2]
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Solutions that support stable drug descriptions with standards that facilitate clear clinician-to-clinician communication and more consistent case management. [2]
  
  
 
== REFERENCE ==
 
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# News and Press Releases  San Bruno, CA  Feb 22, 2005
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[1] http://www.fdbhealth.com/company/about-fdb/#sthash.gN206EYW.dpuf
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# [http://www.firstdatabank.com]]
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[2] http://www.fdbhealth.com/solutions/#sthash.uisX6okh.dpuf

Latest revision as of 23:29, 6 September 2015

First DataBank (FDB), FDB is part of the Hearst Health network, which also includes Zynx Health, MCG (formerly Milliman Care Guidelines) and Homecare Homebase. The mission of the Hearst Health network is to help guide the most important care moments by delivering vital information into the hands of everyone who touches a person’s health journey. [1]

FDB company vision and mission Vision: We seek to create "a world free of medication errors." It is an aspiration that unites our employees behind a common purpose and is an opportunity for use to make a difference. Mission: to deliver solutions that improve medication-related decisions to enhance clinical care, patient safety and healthcare outcomes worldwide.

With FDB, you will find an unshakeable commitment to the difference-making power of drug knowledge coupled with an unrelenting determination to help leverage medication intelligence and insights to improve human health.

APPLICATIONS

FDB Electronic Health Records (EHR) system that unifies digital information flow. [2]

FDB MedKnowledge (formerly NDDF Plus) is widely recognized as the leading drug knowledge choice for most EHR system developers. [2]

FDB OrderKnowledge (formerly OrderView) features pre-built medication orders that provide only clinically-valid choices and dosages. [2]

Clinical modules that identify the full spectrum of potential interactions. [2]

Best practices approach to medication vocabulary locks in meaning, precision, and stability. [2]

FDB Clinical Suite provides full spectrum support for medication decision making. [2]

Invoke mandated electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS) safeguards such as two-factor authentication, digital signatures, and archiving when required by the state schedule of the drug using the FDB State and Federal Controlled Substances Module™. [2]

Solutions that support stable drug descriptions with standards that facilitate clear clinician-to-clinician communication and more consistent case management. [2]


REFERENCE

[1] http://www.fdbhealth.com/company/about-fdb/#sthash.gN206EYW.dpuf

[2] http://www.fdbhealth.com/solutions/#sthash.uisX6okh.dpuf

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