Trump administration pushes for AI physicians: Report

Becker’s Hospital Review – Thursday, June 4, 2026
By Giles Bruce

The White House is backing a push for AI to take over more of the duties of physicians, The Washington Post reported.

The Trump administration supports an experiment in Utah where AI is writing prescriptions, plans to offer over $50 million in research awards to developers of conversational AI for cardiovascular care and has created an expedited approval process for digital health products like AI chatbots. The administration is also working on a regulatory pathway for independent AI physicians, likening the process to the decades-long effort to bring self-driving cars from test tracks to public roads, according to the June 4 story.

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