Breaking from the US: Utah just became the first state to let an AI app diagnose patients and write prescriptions, with zero human doctor reviewing the call.
Here's the story.
A startup called Nolla Health built an app that costs $4.99 a month. Patients scan their skin with their phone camera, and the AI decides the treatment on its own, no doctor double checking anything.
The pilot is limited for now. One year only, and strictly for mild to moderate acne cases. Nothing complex yet.
But the real story isn't the size of the pilot. It's that the legal door is now officially open. For the first time, a state allows AI to make a full medical decision, diagnosis plus prescription, without a human in the loop.
Remember when 'doctor' was the job everyone swore AI could never touch? Utah just quietly rewrote that assumption.
If this acne experiment works, is it just a small, careful start, or the opening chapter of something far bigger?
🔗 Original Source & Reference: https://www.techspot.com/news/114111-utah-become-first-state-ai-examine-patients-prescribe.html
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