Certified Prescription Assistance Software

The law of 13 August 2004 on health insurance charges HAS with establishing a procedure for the certification of Prescription Assistance Software (LAP). The publishers of LAP can be certified by certifying bodies, themselves accredited by the French Accreditation Committee (Cofrac). The law of 29 December 2011 on strengthening the health safety of medicinal products and health products makes the certification of LPAs mandatory. The scope of the June 2012 benchmark concerns PALs for healthcare establishments. Its purpose is to promote functionalities that can: — improve the quality of the prescription; — to facilitate the work of the prescriber and to promote the regulatory compliance of the requirements; — reduce the cost of treatment to equal quality.