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AI starts writing acne prescriptions without a doctor's visit in one state

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AI starts writing acne prescriptions without a doctor's visit in one state

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Utah has become the first state to let an artificial intelligence (AI) program prescribe medication without a doctor writing the prescription, starting with acne treatments.

New York City–based Nolla Health began offering AI-generated prescriptions to Utah patients on Oct. 5, the Los Angeles Times reports. The pilot covers only eight topical acne medicines, not pills.

Patients scan their face with Nolla's app and fill in their medical history. The software studies their skin, rates how oily it is and scores the acne from clear to severe. It then weighs that score against the patient's health details, picks a treatment and sends the prescription to a pharmacy.

Normally, only doctors, some nurse practitioners and physician assistants can prescribe drugs.

Utah set aside its law requiring a licensed prescriber for this pilot. Each prescription will still carry a clinician's name, even though no person writes it, Nolla CEO Luis Wenus told the LA Times.

Doctors will check the AI's work in stages. A physician will review prescriptions for the first 100 patients before they go out. For the next 400 patients, the AI will send out prescriptions on its own, and a physician will review them weekly afterward.

After that, a physician will spot-check at least 10% of prescriptions once a month.

Wenus argued that acne creams and gels carry little risk. The most likely side effects are redness, dryness or peeling, and some of the drugs are already sold over the counter.


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