Generalized electronic medical prescription by 2024

Medical prescriptions will have to be established in the future “Dematerialized”, according to an order published Thursday, November 19 in the Official Journal, which provides for the generalization “in stages” of this process by the end of 2024.

Medicines, biological samples, imaging exams, nursing care… Electronic prescribing will soon become the standard for health professionals, whose acts will pass through “Via teleservices” provided by Health Insurance, specifies this text.

Hospitals and clinics dispensed

The same computer tools will be used to validate the “Modalities of execution” of these prescriptions by pharmacists, biologists and other liberal caregivers.

On the other hand, hospitals and clinics will be exempt from this full transition to « e-prescription ».

A decree still needs to specify many details, including exceptions (for example in the event of “Lack of sufficient internet connection”), the possibility of “Giving the patient a paper prescription”, as well as the calendar of entry into force according to the professions concerned and the type of prescription, with a deadline of December 31, 2024.

” Time saving “

This reform was included in the Buzyn law of July 2019, which intended “Gradually generalize electronic prescription”, presented as ” time saving “ and a guarantee of safety, with expected effects in particular on drug interactions and benefit fraud.

In the process, the Health Insurance launched an experiment in three departments (Maine-et-Loire, Saône-et-Loire, Val-de-Marne), to refine the device on a technical level.

In addition, another ordinance, also published Thursday in the Official Journal, on “Missions of regional health agencies”, aims to simplify several administrative procedures, as provided for by the Buzyn law.

A ” first stage “ in the matter, the subject must be “Resumed, updated and deepened” within the framework of the “Ségur de la santé”, a measure of which is devoted to “The evolution of ARS”.

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