Medication dispensing software: HAS publishes certification procedure
Regulations
03/03/2022
LAD certification helps to improve practices and guarantees that software complies with minimum requirements in terms of dispensing safety, quality and efficiency.
Certification of healthcare professionals' software to improve care safety
After publishing in 2021 the procedure and standards for certification of prescription assistance software (LAP), the Haute Autorité de santé publishes the new procedure for certification of dispensation assistance software(LAD) and updates the certification guidelines for dispensing aid software. Software publishers will have to refer to it if they wish to obtain certification for their product.
Certification of software for healthcare professionals attests to the level of quality delivered by the software. In France, this certification is optional and complements CE marking. Thus, LADs including functionalities qualifying as medical devices and CE marked will be exempt from tests covering the criteria deemed acquired by CE marking.
The repository for certification of LADs in internal-use pharmacies (PUI) of hospital and medico-social establishments is announced for the 3rd quarter of 2022.