Nolla Health launches a pilot service in Utah for prescribing acne treatment using AI
Patients in the state of Utah can obtain a prescription for acne treatment using AI through the app from Nolla Health. For the first 100 patients, two doctors will approve the prescription before it is issued; in the next phase, medical review is expected to take place only after it has been issued.
Nolla Health announced the launch of a pilot service for patients in the state of Utah. According to the company, its app allows users to scan their face, after which AI assesses the severity of their acne and independently generates a prescription for treatment.
Medical oversight is set to be gradually reduced. For the first 100 patients, two doctors will approve every prescription before it is issued. In the next phase, covering up to 500 patients, doctors are expected to review prescriptions only after they have been issued. Details are available in the source article.
Why it matters
The pilot gives patients in the state of Utah a way to obtain a prescription through an AI assessment of their face. The shift from approval before a prescription is issued to review afterward also changes the safety role of medical oversight: in the second phase, review is no longer a condition for issuing a prescription. The source does not provide evidence of the accuracy of the assessment or treatment outcomes.
Two audiences, two different impacts
What this means
For individuals
People with acne in the state of Utah are gaining an option to obtain a prescription through an app; however, the extent of medical review will vary depending on the phase of the pilot.
For a business
The workflow is changing for the medical team involved in the pilot: mandatory approval of every prescription by two doctors before it is issued is set to be replaced by a review after it is issued in the next phase.
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