This startup is issuing AI-generated acne prescriptions

这家初创公司正在开具人工智能生成的痤疮处方

Utah has signed off on letting Nolla Health’s AI system scan a user’s face and issue a prescription directly. 犹他州已批准 Nolla Health 的人工智能系统扫描用户面部并直接开具处方。

People in Utah can now use AI to get a prescription for acne treatment. On Monday, healthcare startup Nolla Health announced that users in the state can scan their faces using its app, allowing its AI system to analyze acne severity and autonomously write a prescription, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. 犹他州的居民现在可以使用人工智能获取痤疮治疗处方。据彭博社早前报道，医疗保健初创公司 Nolla Health 周一宣布，该州用户可以通过其应用程序扫描面部，由其人工智能系统分析痤疮严重程度并自主开具处方。

The service is launching as a pilot program with gradually loosening physician oversight. Two physicians will approve each AI-generated prescription before they’re issued for the first 100 patients, but will start reviewing them only after they’re prescribed for up to 500 patients. “After that, physicians review a sample of at least 10% of prescriptions every month, plus every case involving an escalation or side effect,” Nolla Health says. 该服务目前作为试点项目推出，并逐步放宽医生监管。在最初的 100 名患者中，每份人工智能生成的处方在开出前都需经过两名医生审批；但在处方量达到 500 例后，医生将改为事后审查。Nolla Health 表示：“此后，医生每月将审查至少 10% 的处方样本，并处理所有涉及病情升级或副作用的病例。”

Several other healthcare companies are experimenting with AI-generated prescriptions in Utah, which started allowing AI systems to renew certain medications earlier this year. But Nolla Health says it’s the first in the country to issue initial prescriptions, rather than renewals. “The pilot is designed to complement, not replace, physicians,” Nolla Health writes in its press release. “By handling routine, low-acuity cases, Nolla Derm frees dermatologists to focus on complex, high-risk patients.” 犹他州今年早些时候已开始允许人工智能系统续配某些药物，目前还有其他几家医疗保健公司正在该州试验人工智能处方。但 Nolla Health 表示，它是全美首家开具“首诊处方”而非“续配处方”的公司。Nolla Health 在新闻稿中写道：“该试点项目旨在辅助而非取代医生。通过处理常规、低风险的病例，Nolla Derm 可以让皮肤科医生腾出精力，专注于处理复杂的高风险患者。”

The program will cost $4.99 / month, and only applies to Utah residents who are 18 years of age or older and have mild-to-moderate acne. Nolla Health says it will direct users to a physician if its AI system cannot “confidently select a treatment.” The startup’s AI can currently prescribe eight different skin treatments, according to Bloomberg. 该项目收费为每月 4.99 美元，仅适用于 18 岁及以上、患有轻度至中度痤疮的犹他州居民。Nolla Health 表示，如果其人工智能系统无法“自信地选择治疗方案”，它会将用户转介给医生。据彭博社报道，该初创公司的人工智能目前可以开具八种不同的皮肤治疗药物。