{"id":240786,"date":"2026-07-06T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/is-ai-ready-to-take-over-your-prescriptions-some-doctors-are-wary\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T14:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T18:15:10","slug":"is-ai-ready-to-take-over-your-prescriptions-some-doctors-are-wary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/is-ai-ready-to-take-over-your-prescriptions-some-doctors-are-wary\/","title":{"rendered":"Is AI ready to take over your prescriptions? Some doctors are wary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scrippsnews.com\/science-and-tech\/artificial-intelligence\/is-ai-ready-to-take-over-your-prescriptions-some-doctors-are-wary\">Is AI ready to take over your prescriptions? Some doctors are wary<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scrippsnews.com\/science-and-tech\/artificial-intelligence\/is-ai-ready-to-take-over-your-prescriptions-some-doctors-are-wary\">https:\/\/www.scrippsnews.com\/science-and-tech\/artificial-intelligence\/is-ai-ready-to-take-over-your-prescriptions-some-doctors-are-wary<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-07-06 13:50:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.scrippsnews.com\">www.scrippsnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A prescription refill program in Utah using an AI chatbot called Doctronic has sparked a debate on the role of AI in medicine.<\/li>\n<li>The AI program allows patients to refill prescriptions online without a doctor&#8217;s visit, raising questions about regulation and safety.<\/li>\n<li>State laws currently limit prescribing to licensed medical professionals, leading to a debate on whether these laws should be updated to include AI technologies.<\/li>\n<li>The program was launched through a &#8220;regulatory sandbox&#8221; that allowed the temporary application of new rules for promising AI technology.<\/li>\n<li>There\u2019s concern among medical experts about the potential risks and safety measures needed for AI in healthcare, especially given the potential for dangerous drug interactions or side effects.<\/li>\n<li>The medical licensing board in Utah learned about the program after its launch and called for it to be halted due to the inherent risks.<\/li>\n<li>Pushback against AI in medicine largely comes from economic concerns voiced by doctors and healthcare workers fearing job losses.<\/li>\n<li>The FDA has taken a hands-off approach to regulating AI in healthcare, which some experts view as problematic for patient safety.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is AI ready to take over your prescriptions? Some doctors are wary https:\/\/www.scrippsnews.com\/science-and-tech\/artificial-intelligence\/is-ai-ready-to-take-over-your-prescriptions-some-doctors-are-wary Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/6c48f79\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3198x1679+0+227\/resize\/1200x630!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F66%2F49%2F804862fb4ec594dfa034c8a0e2c3%2Fap26175700627580.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240786","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\/240786"}],"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=240786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240788,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240786\/revisions\/240788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}