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FDB to Explore the Pharmacist's Role in Fitting a Patient's Genes to a Drug at NCPDP Annual Conference

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Thursday, May 2, 2024

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharmacist leaders from FDB (First Databank, Inc.) will enlighten attendees at the NCPDP 2024 Annual Technology & Business Conference about one of the fastest growing and most promising new areas of precision medicine: pharmacogenomics (PGx). They will explore how standardized procedures, which can help drive a cohesive and consistent approach to PGx testing, and implementation of established and emerging technologies can better integrate pharmacists into the process of leveraging PGx data to improve prescribing decisions.

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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharmacist leaders from FDB (First Databank, Inc.) will enlighten attendees at the NCPDP 2024 Annual Technology & Business Conference

FDB Targeted Medication Warnings™ Earns Epic Toolbox Designation

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- FDB (First Databank, Inc.), the leading provider of drug knowledge that helps healthcare professionals make precise decisions, announced today that its FDB Targeted Medication Warnings™ solution has earned the new Toolbox designation from Epic Systems Corporation in the Medication Dosing Decision Support Toolbox category.

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  • SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- FDB (First Databank, Inc.), the leading provider of drug knowledge that helps healthcare professionals make precise decisions, announced today that its FDB Targeted Medication Warnings™ solution has earned the new Toolbox designation from Epic Systems Corporation in the Medication Dosing Decision Support Toolbox category.
  • FDB Targeted Medication Warnings is part of the FDB PatientFirst™ suite of clinical decision support (CDS) solutions.
  • Several factors supported Targeted Medication Warnings' Toolbox designation, including its recently announced integration with CDS Hooks *.
  • Epic customers who want to learn more about how they can enhance efficiency for clinicians while improving patient safety and quality of patient care through advanced patient-specific medication decision support can find FDB Targeted Medication Warnings at vendorservices.epic.com/Showroom/Listing?id=851.

CE-LINK Unveils the Game-Changing SFX Power Supply: Small Size, Mega Power

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Engineered to elevate gaming and IT experiences, this latest innovation from CE-LINK stands as the most compact SFX power supply in its category, delivering an impressive maximum output of 1000W.

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  • Engineered to elevate gaming and IT experiences, this latest innovation from CE-LINK stands as the most compact SFX power supply in its category, delivering an impressive maximum output of 1000W.
  • With its small size, measuring just 125x100x63.5mm, this SFX power supply offers a powerful output, delivering up to 1000W of maximum power.
  • This power supply is certified with the esteemed 80 PLUS Platinum rating, guaranteeing efficiency levels of up to 92% under typical loads.
  • This SFX power supply meets the latest Intel ATX 3.0 and PCI-e Gen 5.0 standards, providing triple GPU and double total power for gamers and professionals alike.

MEDITECH to Spotlight Intelligent Interoperability at HIMSS24

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

As a longtime interoperability leader and advocate, MEDITECH is once again excited to feature its latest interoperability innovations in the HIMSS Interoperability Showcase.

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  • As a longtime interoperability leader and advocate, MEDITECH is once again excited to feature its latest interoperability innovations in the HIMSS Interoperability Showcase.
  • MEDITECH will present its interoperability strategy at the Interoperability Showcase Spotlight Theater on Wednesday, March 13 at 11:15 a.m. in the “Intelligent Interoperability” session.
  • “Intelligent interoperability opens the doors to innovation by leveraging the flexibility and scalability of the cloud , along with modern and open data standards like SMART apps and FHIR APIs.
  • MEDITECH will also share its Canadian interoperability strategy at the “Achieving a Collaborative Approach to Meaningful Interoperability Across Canada” session.

FDB Showcases How to Elevate the Clinician Experience at HIMSS24

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- FDB (First Databank, Inc.), the leading provider of drug knowledge that helps healthcare professionals make precise decisions, will showcase how provider organizations can elevate the clinician experience at the 2024 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition in Orlando, March 11-15. Through patient-specific clinical decision support (CDS), simplified patient instructions that help lead to better medication adherence, and a more flexible ePrescribing network that enables the smooth flow of prescriptions between prescribers, payers, and pharmacies, FDB is helping solve major challenges for healthcare delivery organizations today.

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  • Attendees at a HIMSS24 education session and visitors to FDB booth #1747 in the HIMSS24 exhibit hall will discover how leading hospitals and health systems are using FDB PatientFirst™ solutions.
  • HIMSS24 attendees will learn how NCH (Naples Comprehensive Health) used FDB Targeted Medication Warnings with FDB AlertSpace® to elevate the experience of its physicians and to improve patient safety and Leapfrog CPOE test results.
  • These CDS Heroes are on a mission to ignite actionable guidance, transform clinician workflows, elevate patient safety and outcomes, and banish alert overload for a better clinician experience.
  • "Elevate Your Experience": Unwind with Wine, Beer & Gourmet Popcorn
    HIMSS24 attendees are invited to join FDB for a casual in-booth reception to network with industry experts and peers.

FDB and WebMD Ignite Collaborate to Drive Medication Safety and Adherence

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and NEW YORK, March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- FDB (First Databank), the leading provider of drug knowledge that helps healthcare professionals make more precise decisions, and WebMD Ignite, a full-service growth partner for organizations across the healthcare industry, today announced a collaboration to enhance patient discharge education to improve prescription drug safety and adherence. The collaboration also aims to increase patients' health literacy and engagement in care plans.

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  • WebMD Ignite will integrate content from Meducation®, FDB's cloud-based solution that delivers simplified and personalized medication instructions to all patients, into prescribers' electronic health record (EHR) systems and patient portals through WebMD Ignite's Krames On FHIR® platform.
  • Krames On FHIR is the leading patient education platform providing current educational content directly in the patient portal.
  • "Effective patient medication education is critical to improving patient outcomes," said Charles Lee, MD, senior director of clinical knowledge and senior advisor for health literacy and language barriers at FDB.
  • This integration of Meducation with WebMD Ignite's Krames On FHIR platform offers patients of all backgrounds simplified, easy-to-follow, actionable medication instructions, along with other valuable educational content from WebMD Ignite, to help protect their and their family's safety, increase care plan adherence and improve their outcomes."

NCH's Success Story at HIMSS24: Patient-Centric Alerts Boost Physician Experience, Patient Safety, and Leapfrog CPOE Test Results

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Friday, March 1, 2024

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- FDB (First Databank, Inc.), the leading provider of drug knowledge that helps healthcare professionals make precise decisions, announces the success of its collaboration with NCH (Naples Comprehensive Health) in Southwest Florida. NCH has leveraged FDB solutions to optimize medication decision support, making alerts more meaningful and relevant to clinicians while significantly reducing overall alert volume.

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  • NCH has leveraged FDB solutions to optimize medication decision support, making alerts more meaningful and relevant to clinicians while significantly reducing overall alert volume.
  • In transitioning to a new EHR system, NCH physicians experienced a shift in their workflow, encountering non-critical-level medication decision support alerts for the first time.
  • The medication CDS optimization initiative has also contributed to NCH's improvement in its Leapfrog CPOE test results.
  • This partnership underscores NCH's commitment to enhancing patient safety and mitigating physician frustration associated with irrelevant alerts.

Therap Services' Advanced Medication History Tool Enhances Efficient Medication Recording for Improved Individual Care by Support Professionals

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Designed to enhance health and medication data tracking for improved outcomes, the Medication History tool simplifies the recording, monitoring, and managing of medication schedules for caregivers, making the process easier and more efficient.

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  • Designed to enhance health and medication data tracking for improved outcomes, the Medication History tool simplifies the recording, monitoring, and managing of medication schedules for caregivers, making the process easier and more efficient.
  • The tool's 'Import from Excel' function has been optimized, allowing users with specific roles to efficiently enter multiple medications for an individual at once.
  • In addition, Therap's Medication History tool is a component of its Health Tracking modules, offering a flexible approach to recording and monitoring various health data and generating detailed reports.
  • The Medication History tool is effectively utilized in conjunction with Therap's Medication Administration Record (MAR) module, allowing for data entered into the Medication History form to automatically populate within the MAR module and other relevant Therap modules.

BorgWarner Signs International Strategic Relationship Agreement with FinDreams Battery for LFP Battery Packs

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

BorgWarner to be the preferred manufacturer of LFP battery packs for commercial vehicle markets (class 3 and above) in Europe, the Americas, and parts of Asia Pacific

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  • BorgWarner to be the preferred manufacturer of LFP battery packs for commercial vehicle markets (class 3 and above) in Europe, the Americas, and parts of Asia Pacific
    AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE: BWA) today announced a strategic relationship agreement with FinDreams Battery, a subsidiary of BYD Company Limited.
  • Under this agreement, BorgWarner will be the only non-OEM localized manufacturer, unaffiliated with FinDreams Battery, with rights to localize LFP battery packs for commercial vehicles utilizing FinDreams Battery blade cells in Europe, the Americas, and select regions of Asia Pacific.
  • In addition to receiving state-of-the-art blade cells for manufacturing LFP battery packs in the covered geographies, BorgWarner will receive a license from FinDreams Battery to use FinDreams Battery's intellectual property related to its battery pack design and manufacturing process.
  • "We believe FinDreams Battery is right for BorgWarner in this area, with its 20-plus years of experience and success in LFP batteries for the mobility sector across China and Europe.

NCPDP Foundation Awards $150,000 Grant to RxLive to Automate Tracking of Physician Adoption of Pharmacists' Clinical Recommendations

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The NCPDP Foundation Board of Trustees has awarded a $150,000 grant to RxLive, a provider of population health pharmacy solutions, to automate, track and quantify providers' response to pharmacists' clinical recommendations to measure the value of pharmacist-led interventions. RxLive will use NCPDP standards along with RxLive's expansive network across both acute and ambulatory care settings, including its platform integration with the Surescripts network and Health Gorilla Health Information Exchange, to pilot a process that can be used for bidirectional communication of patient-specific clinical information that will allow pharmacists to consult with patients, share their clinical recommendations with physicians, and track adoption of pharmacists' recommendations - to better coordinate care and improve patient health outcomes.

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  • SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The NCPDP Foundation Board of Trustees has awarded a $150,000 grant to RxLive , a provider of population health pharmacy solutions, to automate, track and quantify providers' response to pharmacists' clinical recommendations to measure the value of pharmacist-led interventions.
  • "The NCPDP Foundation grant to RxLive has the potential to document at scale the measurable value pharmacists bring to patients and the patient care team," explained J.W.
  • The goal of the project is to quantify and analyze clinical interactions between pharmacists and patients and how often providers take action as a result of the pharmacist's clinical recommendations.
  • RxLive will introduce a natural language processing (NLP) interface to ease adoption of the Sig Format.