First Databank

First Databank (FDB) is a healthcare information technology company that creates and integrates drug knowledge for healthcare professionals. Its work centres on curating clinical and descriptive drug information and embedding it within healthcare information systems worldwide, so that clinicians encounter relevant medication data at the point of care.

The company maintains drug knowledge databases and medical device databases intended to support precise clinical decisions. Beyond the content itself, FDB provides medication and medical device intelligence to system developers, partnering with vendors of EMR systems, ePrescribing platforms and other healthcare information systems to improve medication safety and clinician efficiency. Technical domains covered include clinical decision support, EMR/EHR integration and the curation of clinical drug knowledge.

Its drug knowledge is integrated into healthcare information systems used by organisations throughout the world. The sectors served include hospitals, health plans, retail pharmacies, pharmacy benefit managers, pharmaceutical companies and healthcare IT developers. FDB describes its team as highly credentialed clinicians and knowledge specialists, with an emphasis on trusted, evidence-based drug knowledge and a partnership-oriented approach to working with information system developers.