Utah let an AI renew prescriptions without a doctor, and its medical board wants it stopped
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Utah has become the first US state to let an AI chatbot, Doctronic, renew prescriptions without a doctor, via a regulatory sandbox that waives licensing laws. The state’s medical licensing board, blindsided by the January launch, called in April for the pilot to be halted over safety risks, but the state refused. The case exposes a federal-state regulatory vacuum around AI in medicine.
Utah has quietly become the first US state to let an AI chatbot renew prescriptions without a doctor, according to the Associated Press. The programme, run by a company called Doctronic, launched in January and has set off a fierce medical debate.
Residents can skip the doctor’s office and refill prescriptions online through the chatbot. It asks about their medication and history, checks a national pharmacy database, and either renews the script or escalates to a human doctor.
The launch was possible only through a ...
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