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  "id": 12658609,
  "title": "Utah expands healthcare AI sandbox with August AI, Nolla Health pilots, adds third-party evaluators",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/utah-expands-healthcare-ai-sandbox-with-august-ai-nolla-health-pilots",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-07T14:04:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fierce Healthcare",
    "slug": "fierce-healthcare",
    "url": "https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/ai-and-machine-learning/utah-taps-august-ai-nolla-health-healthcare-ai-sandbox-program-adds-third"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Utah is expanding the state's AI regulatory sandbox program with new pilots to test AI-supported prescription renewals, dermatology and physical therapy, while adding physician oversight and independent third-party evaluators to strengthen safety and accountability.",
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      {
        "outlet": "STAT News",
        "title": "STAT+: Utah plows ahead with more health AI pilots for prescriptions, women’s health",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/stat-utah-plows-ahead-with-more-health-ai-pilots-for-prescriptions",
        "published": "2026-10-05T16:00:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "In a first-of-its-kind pilot in the US, Nolla Health will use AI to diagnose and prescribe acne medications to Utah patients without direct human oversight (Annika Inampudi/Bloomberg)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/in-a-first-of-its-kind-pilot-in-the-us-nolla-health-will-use-ai-to",
        "published": "2026-10-05T16:10:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Healthcare Dive",
        "title": "Utah approves slew of health AI pilots for drug management, women’s health",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/utah-approves-slew-of-health-ai-pilots-for-drug-management-womens",
        "published": "2026-10-06T20:17:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}