{"id":202099,"date":"2026-04-03T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/utah-is-giving-dr-ai-the-power-to-renew-drug-prescriptions\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T17:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:15:00","slug":"utah-is-giving-dr-ai-the-power-to-renew-drug-prescriptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/utah-is-giving-dr-ai-the-power-to-renew-drug-prescriptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Is Giving Dr. AI the Power to Renew Drug Prescriptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/utah-is-giving-dr-ai-the-power-to-renew-drug-prescriptions-2000742164\">Utah Is Giving Dr. AI the Power to Renew Drug Prescriptions<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/utah-is-giving-dr-ai-the-power-to-renew-drug-prescriptions-2000742164\">https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/utah-is-giving-dr-ai-the-power-to-renew-drug-prescriptions-2000742164<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-03 17:15:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"gizmodo.com\">gizmodo.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Utah is pioneering a pilot program allowing an AI system, via Legion Health, to prescribe and renew certain psychiatric medications without doctor approval.<\/li>\n<li>The AI chatbot will manage low-risk medications with a $19 monthly subscription fee, and participants must be &#8220;stable&#8221; in terms of their medication history and mental health status.<\/li>\n<li>Controlled substances and high-risk medications, such as Adderall, are not included in the trial.<\/li>\n<li>Patient participation is opt-in, and the first 250 AI prescriptions will be overseen by a licensed physician to ensure a 98% approval rate for independent operation.<\/li>\n<li>The potential success of this pilot could lead to broader adoption, addressing mental health provider shortages in Utah.<\/li>\n<li>Prior AI prescription programs have shown susceptibility to errors and malicious outputs, raising safety and efficacy concerns when used independently.<\/li>\n<li>Despite AI&#8217;s potential to assist in healthcare, experts stress that human oversight remains paramount for safe and effective healthcare delivery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utah Is Giving Dr. AI the Power to Renew Drug Prescriptions https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/utah-is-giving-dr-ai-the-power-to-renew-drug-prescriptions-2000742164 Publish Date: 2026-04-03&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202099"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}