Is AI ready to take over your prescriptions? Doctors are wary of Utah's automated refill program

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https://apnews.com/article/ai-prescription-refill-utah-doctronic-fda-technology-cf94ce370c05f686e8792be8671a2ef0

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In Utah, Doctronic was able to launch thanks to a “regulatory sandbox” that allows state officials to waive laws for AI companies offering promising technology.

The refill program is currently overseen by a five-member board of AI specialists, none of whom are doctors, who say they have implemented numerous safeguards. During the program’s initial phase, for example, human doctors review all Doctronic refill orders. The company expects to soon transition to fully automated refills.

The head of the state’s medical licensing board says he and his colleagues learned of the program when its January launch was reported in the news. In a March letter to the state, 11 board members called for the program to be halted, citing the risks of automatically renewing medicines that can have side effects or drug interactions.

“We were essentially told: ‘Yes this is going on. And no, you don’t have a say in it,’” said Dr. Alan Smith, a family physician who heads the board but said he was speaking only for himself.

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More at the link, including that Palantir co-founder Jon Lonsdale is behind the Cicero Institute, a nonprofit pro-AI think tank giving state legislators templates for legislation to license AI medical services.

Lonsdale is trying to claim doctors' concerns about this AI use is only from fear of losing some income. Which is BS.

[Klarkashton]

1. This is stupid. There is no reasoning involved.

It's all links and bullshit created in Mumbai.

fuck this shit.