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AI Prescriptions Spark Medical Debate | Dover News
AI is stepping into healthcare with a new Utah-based chatbot, Doctronic, now handling prescription refills — sparking a fierce debate over whether machines can safely replace doctors. Operating under a regulatory sandbox, the system starts with human oversight but plans to go fully automated, raising alarms among medical boards who weren’t even notified before launch. Critics fear AI misses critical health changes — like hidden bleeding risks with blood thinners — that only a human doctor would catch. Meanwhile, states like Texas and Wyoming are racing to legalize AI in medicine, while the…
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