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Pharmacists cannot order drugs for a patient. A doctor (and certain other medical professionals) must prescribe the drug first, and the pharmacy fulfills the order.
The system breached is used by doctors to send the orders to the pharmacy.
I think it's the description that's confusing. These hackers are getting in and writing their own prescriptions from the way it sounds. They then fill these prescriptions at regular pharmacies, or sell the prescriptions for a buyer to then get filled.
Can't read the whole article though without signing up, so maybe it's something different.
Pain clinics hire doctors. These doctors order drugs. Some of these clinics are legit, and some are pill mills working with organized crime.
A pharmacist fills the prescription AFTER a doctor writes the order.
You're not understanding, or you're arguing in bad faith. This is the system that doctors use to send prescriptions electronically to pharmacists so that the patient can pick up the medication.
Article said they were phishing (or otherwise) to get enough info from the Dr to create their own ePrescribing accounts. Then they are effectively writing prescriptions as though they are a doctor and getting them filled at local pharmacies. Just a much more sophisticated version of stealing the prescription pad and forging a signature.
Have you heard of Sovereign Citizens? You would ~~probably~~ definitely fit right in.
Oh, so you have absolutely no personal or professional knowledge on the subject you were contributing on?
I think you're misunderstanding the word "order." They mean order like "Dr's Orders" not like the Dr is generating requests to the drug warehouse.
They're using "order" as a command, not physically buying medication. Outpatient pharmacies receive the physician's order as a prescription, but in hospitals and clinics they're just referred to as "orders" and could include everything from medications to diet, scheduled treatments, physical activity, etc.
Ah k, lol I should know that after all the House MD i've watched :/ like when House orders their finest amphetamine salts for Wilson 😋
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Exactly!