ABDATA is always up to date with us
Since 1 April 2018, prescription at the expense of the statutory health insurances via software have been only allowed if the underlying drug database is "up-to-date".
So, "up to date" means: not old more than one month. If the data in the drug database is more than one month old, the EVA system will inform you about this.
How is ABDATA updated monthly?
There are three different ways to do this:
If you are not (yet) connected to the Internet at your practice and have not received automatic interim updates, you can download monthly medication updates (eg from home) from our Internet service area and put them on a CD / Transfer DVD. This CD / DVD can then be imported practically using the normal update method (EVA command: ==> update point 1). It's easy to do and also no need to any financial expense for you. Please read the instructions that is below before installing.
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If you are not connected to the internet at the practice and there is no other way to download the necessary data from the internet, you still have the option that you will want that we send you a CD which is the medication update for a fee. Please contact us about this topic. However, in this case, we strongly recommend that you must connect the practice securely to the Internet. The activation of the telematics infrastructure already makes this mandatory in the short term.
First, download the updated drug database in our download area.
This is available as a zip. The format is available. Please "unzip" the file in advance before burning it to a CD. Proceed such as follows:
The procedure may differ depending on the operating system.