Dear Massimo and all
The fact that any prescription is a “purchase order” written by the physician is not well-known. That purchase order, like any other purchase order entails a commission. Pharmacies have become shops like any other shop for trading rather than health and medical purposes.
With kind regards
Najeeb Al-Shorbaji, PhD, IAHSI
HIFA Profile: Najeeb Al-Shorbaji recently retired from the World Health Organization (WHO), where he has worked since 1988 in different capacities. He was most recently Director of the Knowledge, Ethics and Research Department at WHO headquarters, Geneva. Previously he was Coordinator for Knowledge Management and Sharing in EMRO (Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office), Egypt. He is a member of a number of national and international professional societies and associations specialised in information management and health informatics. He has authored over 100 research papers and articles presented in various conferences and published in professional journals. He is a member of the HIFA Steering Group and the HIFA Working Group on Multilingualism. http://www.hifa.org/support/members/najeeb http://www.hifa.org/projects/multilingualism
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