{"slug": "stat-utah-plows-ahead-with-more-health-ai-pilots-for-prescriptions-womens-health", "title": "STAT+: Utah plows ahead with more health AI pilots for prescriptions, women’s health", "summary": "Utah's Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy announced a plan on Monday to let Nolla Health, a startup that raised $4.5 million from investors including General Catalyst, launch an AI service that assesses patients for mild-to-moderate acne and may prescribe low-risk drugs, initially with a licensed clinician signing off but potentially without human review later. The pilot is part of a significant expansion of Utah's \"AI sandbox\" program, which waives regulations for companies testing AI products under state supervision.", "body_md": "Utah regulators on Monday announced a plan to allow an artificial intelligence product to evaluate patients and write new drug prescriptions without prior human review.\n\nA startup called Nolla Health will launch an AI-powered service in the state that will assess a patient for mild-to-moderate acne treatment using a structured intake and by analyzing photos of their skin. The product may determine whether one of a list of low-risk drugs is appropriate. In the first stages of the pilot, the decisions of the AI will be reviewed by a licensed clinician who will sign off on prescriptions, but Nolla may eventually be allowed to prescribe drugs without this review. The company last year announced [it raised](https://www.generalcatalyst.com/stories/seeding-the-future-with-nolla-health) $4.5 million from investors including General Catalyst, and Nolla aspires to direct treatment for a host of conditions using AI.\n\nThe new pilot is part of a significant expansion of a closely watched “AI sandbox” program that allows Utah’s Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy, or OAIP, to waive regulations for companies that want to test AI products under state supervision.\n\n## This article is exclusive to STAT+ subscribers\n\n### Unlock this article — and get additional analysis of the technologies disrupting health care — by subscribing to STAT+.\n\nAlready have an account? [Log in](https://www.statnews.com/login/)\n\n[View All Plans](https://www.statnews.com/stat-plus/)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stat-utah-plows-ahead-with-more-health-ai-pilots-for-prescriptions-womens-health", "canonical_source": "https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/05/utah-expands-health-ai-sandbox-picks-third-party-auditors/?utm_campaign=rss", "published_at": "2026-10-05 16:00:14+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-05 16:20:42.328833+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-products", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Utah Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy", "Nolla Health", "General Catalyst", "Utah"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stat-utah-plows-ahead-with-more-health-ai-pilots-for-prescriptions-womens-health", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stat-utah-plows-ahead-with-more-health-ai-pilots-for-prescriptions-womens-health.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stat-utah-plows-ahead-with-more-health-ai-pilots-for-prescriptions-womens-health.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/stat-utah-plows-ahead-with-more-health-ai-pilots-for-prescriptions-womens-health.jsonld"}}