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title: "PMS (practice management system) · Treats"
description: "A veterinary PMS (practice management system) is the practice software that manages appointments, patient and client records, prescribing, dispensing, stock, invoicing and payments."
url: https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/pms/
lang: en-GB
updated: 2026-11-07
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[Glossary](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/)

# PMSpractice management system

A veterinary PMS (practice management system) is the practice software that manages appointments, patient and client records, prescribing, dispensing, stock, invoicing and payments.

No French legal text defines the term: it is industry vocabulary. ANSES speaks of “practice software” when referring to the systems that report to CalypsoVet.

In practice, several of a French practice’s legal obligations rest on its PMS: the [dispensing register](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/registre-des-delivrances/), [secure till software](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/logiciel-de-caisse/), [e-invoicing](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/facture-electronique/) and antimicrobial reporting to [CalypsoVet](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/calypsovet/).

## Sources

* [ANSES, antimicrobial use data collection](https://www.anses.fr/fr/content/collecte-des-donnees-dusage-des-antimicrobiens-point-sur-les-exigences-europeennes)

 Checked on 7 November 2026 · by [Amir Davies](https://www.treats.vet/en/about/amir-davies/)

## See also

* [Secure till software](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/logiciel-de-caisse/) French VAT law (article 286, I, 3° bis of the General Tax Code) requires every business that records payments from consumers to use till software meeting conditions of inalterability, security, retention and archiving of data.
* [CalypsoVet](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/calypsovet/) CalypsoVet is the French platform through which vets report antimicrobial prescriptions, supplies and administrations, by the end of the month following each supply.
* [E-invoicing](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/facture-electronique/) French mandatory e-invoicing requires VAT-registered businesses to issue and receive business-to-business invoices in a structured format through an approved platform; e-reporting passes the data of other transactions, notably with consumers, to the tax authority.