DATE: February 03, 2026 at 04:30AMSOURCE: STAT HEALTH TECH
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DATE: February 03, 2026 at 04:30AM
SOURCE: STAT HEALTH TECHTITLE: STAT+: AI could soon renew prescriptions without clinician help. Should the FDA make sure it’s safe?
Utah’s recent announcement that it was partnering with a health tech startup that will use artificial intelligence to renew drug prescriptions may offer a glimpse of the futuristic version of AI medicine that’s long been foretold by technologists and venture capitalists.
But it’s only possible because of some pre-approved rule breaking, and may prove a broader test of the Food and Drug Administration’s authority to evaluate a new wave of clinical AI products, according to interviews with executives and experts.
In January, Utah regulators said they had signed an agreement with a startup called Doctronic to launch an AI system that will perform a clinical evaluation of patients and, when deemed appropriate, renew some 200 common medications autonomously.
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