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FDB appoints Clinical Director
Added: (Tue Jun 30 2009)
First DataBank (FDB) has appointed Dr Neill Jones to the newly created position of Clinical Director across both its UK and international businesses. Neill will be responsible for leading FDB’s knowledge base services and product development teams, and will be focused on building relationships with key clinical stakeholders across a wide variety of healthcare settings.
Neill, a general practitioner with over twenty years experience in healthcare informatics, most recently held the position of Clinical Lead for BT London Information Systems. Prior to BT, Neill held senior positions at Accenture LSP and Sowerby Centre for Health Informatics (SCHIN) at Newcastle University. He was also heavily involved in the design and early development of dm+d and ETP.
David Flavell, President, First DataBank International, comments on the appointment: “Neill’s wealth of experience makes him a real asset to our company as we continue to grow our business in the UK and expand our operations internationally. We feel confident that the addition of Neill to our team will further strengthen our relationships with the clinical community across both primary and secondary care settings and help to ensure that our products continue to meet their changing needs”.
Neill comments: “I am pleased to be joining First DataBank at such an exciting time in the company’s growth. I am particularly keen to focus on increasing our involvement in the acute care sector, where we already partner with the majority of system vendors. There is a tremendous opportunity here for us to reduce the large number of medication errors that occur in hospitals”.
For further information please contact:
Bethan Wadeson
Berkeley PR
T. 01454 629741
helen.stevens@berkeleypr.co.uk
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About First DataBank Europe
First DataBank Europe (FDBE) is the UK’s leading provider of drug knowledge bases and active clinical decision support. With over 25 years’ experience of maintaining, developing and integrating drug knowledge bases across the entire healthcare spectrum, FDBE has unrivalled expertise and knowledge in this specialist field. NHS Connecting for Health has chosen FDBE to provide drug-related clinical decision support.
Patient safety is the driving force behind our business. Through the effective integration of our products into clinical systems, we enable safer prescribing, dispensing and administration.
Our Multilex Drug Data File – the UK’s most comprehensive and widely used drug knowledge base – is in daily use by thousands of healthcare professionals in the UK.
For further information visit www.firstdatabank.co.uk