Happy birthday to FRED!
November 1, 2012
PHARMACY software specialist
the FRED IT Group this month
celebrates 20 years in business,
having been launched in 1992 to
develop pharmacist-friendly
dispensing software.
And the company’s founders are
still involved with the business,
with Paul Naismith now the CEO
alongside Chief Information Officer,
Rod Unmack.
“This has been an amazing two
decades in terms of seeing
technology deliver on its promise
to help healthcare professionals
provide quality care,” said Naismith.
“We established Fred in 1992
based on our belief in the potential
for technology to improve the
pharmacy industry by freeing up
pharmacists’ time to spend with
patients and spend on the business.”
Fred now has about 170 staff
across the country, with some of
the firm’s landmark achievements
including real time claiming via PBS
Online in 2007, the creation with
industry partners of the PharmX
online gateway, and leading the
development of an industry-wide
approach to national eScripts via
eRx Script Exchange, which has now
processed over 380 million
transactions.
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