Andorra Says Electronic Prescriptions Will Launch Before 2027

Andorra's Health Minister Helena Mas said electronic prescriptions are expected to become operational before the end of the year, despite delays in a project she described as complex and strategic. The system is intended to improve medicine traceability, user safety, and efficiency across the health service. Opposition lawmakers used the parliamentary control session to question both the delay and whether the project should be linked to a wider third-party payment system.

Mas said the rollout is being developed in three phases. The first phase, a national medicine catalogue, has been operating since November and includes about 238,000 records drawn from Spanish, French, and Andorran product data. The catalogue is already available to pharmacies and the Andorran Social Security Fund and is updated monthly. It has also been shared for use at the cross-border Cerdanya hospital.

The second phase is electronic prescribing from the shared clinical record. Pilot tests inside the public health system found technical issues in searches and prescription interfaces, so further adaptation is underway before doctors are expected to gain access after summer. The final phase would connect prescriptions directly to pharmacies for electronic dispensing before 2027.

Social Democrat councillor Laia Moline criticised the delays and linked the debate to patient costs. Mas said the electronic prescription project and the universal third-party payer are separate matters. She noted that the third-party system already covers elderly and disabled users, while a broader impact assessment is still pending without a firm timetable.