{"id":240672,"date":"2026-07-06T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/is-ai-ready-to-take-over-your-prescriptions-doctors-are-wary-of-utahs-automated-refill-program\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T08:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:05:11","slug":"is-ai-ready-to-take-over-your-prescriptions-doctors-are-wary-of-utahs-automated-refill-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/is-ai-ready-to-take-over-your-prescriptions-doctors-are-wary-of-utahs-automated-refill-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Is AI ready to take over your prescriptions? Doctors are wary of Utah&#8217;s automated refill program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/health\/2026\/07\/06\/is-ai-ready-to-take-over-your-prescriptions-doctors-are-wary-of-utahs-automated-refill-program\/\">Is AI ready to take over your prescriptions? Doctors are wary of Utah&#8217;s automated refill program<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/health\/2026\/07\/06\/is-ai-ready-to-take-over-your-prescriptions-doctors-are-wary-of-utahs-automated-refill-program\/\">https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/health\/2026\/07\/06\/is-ai-ready-to-take-over-your-prescriptions-doctors-are-wary-of-utahs-automated-refill-program\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-07-06 08:01:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.clickondetroit.com\">www.clickondetroit.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A prescription refill program launched in Utah involves AI chatbot Doctronic, sparking a debate on AI&#8217;s role in medical tasks traditionally performed by doctors.<\/li>\n<li>The program raises questions about AI regulation, the need for doctors&#8217; veto power, and safety for patients, given state and federal laws limit prescribing to licensed professionals.<\/li>\n<li>Proponents argue that AI should meet rigorous standards similar to those for human doctors and suggest updating laws to include AI technologies.<\/li>\n<li>The Utah program operates under a &#8220;regulatory sandbox,&#8221; allowing AI companies to offer promising technology without strict adherence to all local laws.<\/li>\n<li>There are concerns regarding the potential risks of AI handling prescription refills, especially for medications with significant side effects and interactions.<\/li>\n<li>Lawmakers in several states are pushing for formal licensing of AI medical services, with industry support and pushback largely driven by workforce job security.<\/li>\n<li>Though the FDA oversees AI impacting medical care, it currently takes a hands-off approach, allowing AI companies like Doctronic to expand nationally despite varied regulatory standards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is AI ready to take over your prescriptions? Doctors are wary of Utah&#8217;s automated refill&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/graham-media-group\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto\/c_thumb,w_700\/v1\/media\/gmg\/JVUG37TJYJCSTMARMIIJPONDU4.jpg?_a=DATAg1iuZAA0","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240672"}],"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=240672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240674,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240672\/revisions\/240674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}