{"id":1254,"date":"2026-10-07T16:35:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T16:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2026-10-07T16:35:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T16:35:28","slug":"utah-medical-company-announces-ai-powered-prescriptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=1254","title":{"rendered":"Utah medical company announces ‘AI-powered prescriptions’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Utah health care company announced Monday that it has received state authorization for a pilot program allowing artificial intelligence to issue initial prescriptions, including acne treatment.<\/p>\n

Nolla Health introduced the program in a blog post announcing the “AI-powered prescriptions,” its acne treatment prescription process, which will roll out in three stages.<\/p>\n

The company said the pilot is the first in the U.S. authorized by a state regulator to allow AI to issue initial prescriptions, and that it was authorized after working with the Utah Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy.<\/p>\n

The company says the program is designed to close “the access gap” to healthcare, in this case, by avoiding the appointment wait times and costs associated with visiting a dermatologist.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The company said the Nolla Derm application “will prescribe effective acne treatment from $4.99 a month” and require “no office visit.”<\/p>\n

The post said Utah residents 18 and older can download the app and begin the process at a discounted rate of $4.99 per month.<\/p>\n

After verifying their identity, providing informed consent and filling out an intake questionnaire, patients take a \u201cquick five-angle face scan.\u201d<\/p>\n

“In about 10\u201315 minutes, this generates a personalized treatment plan and, if appropriate, an initial prescription,” the post said.<\/p>\n

The pilot will roll out in three stages with physician involvement in each, according to the company.<\/p>\n

In the first stage, which includes the first 100 patients, “two licensed physicians independently review and approve every AI-generated prescription before it reaches the patient.”<\/p>\n

In the second stage, which will include up to 500 patients, \u201cNolla Derm issues prescriptions directly, and a physician reviews every case after the fact, at least weekly.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the third stage of the pilot, a 10% sample of prescriptions each month will be reviewed by a physician. A physician will also review “every case involving an escalation or a side effect.”<\/p>\n

The company said stages one and two would last at least four and eight weeks, respectively.<\/p>\n

“Moving to the next stage requires meeting safety targets, including 95% agreement with physicians and zero serious adverse events, and written approval from the state,” the post said.<\/p>\n

The post continued, “Patients can message a licensed physician through the app at any time, at no extra cost.”<\/p>\n

The company said acne treatment was a viable starting point for the technology because it is \u201cwell understood, low risk, and backed by decades of clinical evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(Getty Images stock photo) A Utah health care company announced Monday that it has received state authorization for a pilot program allowing artificial intelligence to issue initial prescriptions, including acne treatment. Nolla Health introduced the program in a blog post announcing the “AI-powered prescriptions,” its acne treatment prescription process, which will roll out in three […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}