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Electronic clinical decision support for Middle Eastern hospitals in new agreement between First DataBank International and GE Healthcare

Hospitals in the Middle East are set to benefit from sophisticated electronic clinical decision support following a new commercial agreement between First DataBank International (FDB International) and GE Healthcare (GE). This new agreement builds on the relationship which First DataBank has with GE Healthcare’s Information Technology business in the US.

GE’s Centricity Enterprise, will provide Middle Eastern customers with electronic dispensing and prescribing functionality, with clinical decision support enabled by the integration of FDB International’s drug knowledge base. Healthcare providers can use Centricity Enterprise to help verify the medication about to be prescribed or dispensed to a patient against the patient’s profile. On-screen alerts help a provider to determine if there may be a potential drug interaction, duplicate therapy, sensitivity, contraindication or precaution.

Centricity Enterprise is an integrated clinical, financial and administrative system that helps caregivers provide enhanced patient care through computerized physician order entry ( CPOE ), clinical decision support and expert rules, while documenting all aspects of patient care. The system integrates core clinical processes for orders, results, pharmacy and care documentation, in concert with administrative/financial processes for scheduling, registration/admitting, charging and billing.

First DataBank continues to expand its global presence with customers across the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Australasia, Africa and Europe as well as continuing to grow its long established North American and UK markets.

About First DataBank

First DataBank (FDB) is the world’s leading provider of drug knowledge bases and active clinical decision support. With over 30 years’ experience of maintaining, developing and integrating drug knowledge bases across the entire healthcare spectrum, FDB has unrivalled expertise and knowledge in this specialist field. NHS Connecting for Health has chosen FDB to provide drug-related clinical decision support.

About GE Healthcare

GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care.

Source: GE Healthcare

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