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Prescrição Eletrónica Médica (incl. Receita Sem Papel)
National e-prescribing system (Lei 11/2012, Portaria 137-A/2012) for medicines, medical devices, home respiratory care and MCDT, with paperless prescription (RSP) dispensing and billing; also offered to private prescribers (PEM Prescritores Privados).
- Acronym
- PEM
- Type
- System
- Level
- National
- Area
- Health
- Owner
- Serviços Partilhados do Ministério da Saúde, E.P.E.
- Used by
- public staff, businesses, citizens
- In service since
- Not recorded
- Evidence
- Checked against sources
- Interface types
- Web portal / forms, other
- Would the model apply?
- Not yet analysed
Connections
7 documented links. Select any entry to open its page.
Connects to1
- PNB – Portuguese National BrokerPNB_PEM and PNB_PEMP (private prescribers) interfaces · Real-time API
Exchanges with (EU)1
- A minha saúde na Europa / MyHealth@EU – NCP PT (ponto de contacto nacional)ePrescription/eDispensation for cross-border use
Payments to1
- Centro de Controlo e Monitorização do SNS – conferência de faturasPaperless prescription circuit covers dispensing, billing and invoice checking of medicines at CCMSNS
Reports to1
- Portal da Transparência do SNSSPMS dataset 'Prescrição Eletrónica de Medicamentos'
Run by1
- Serviços Partilhados do Ministério da Saúde, E.P.E.SPMS develops/operates it as owner
Hosted by1
- Centro de dados da SPMS (Porto)Hosted in SPMS's only data centre; unavailable during the 19 Oct 2026 power-related outage
Gets data from1
- SATS – Serviço de Alertas de Tecnologias de SaúdeSafety/availability alerts to be integrated into PEM ('em breve')
What the owner signs for IT
Buyer in Portal BASE: Serviços Partilhados do Ministério da Saúde, EPE. This is everything the owner signed for IT, not the cost of this entry alone.
€699.9MIT contracts, 2012 to October 2026
€93.4Ma year on average, 2022 to 2025
2,721IT contracts signed
By signing year
2012Highest: 2025, €118.5M
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Contract value by the year it was signed, not yearly spending. 2026 runs to 25 October.