Robert M. Kaplan, PhD
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On a busy call shift as a resident doctor at Stanford, I have heard versions of the same sentence more than once: "That's reassuring. ChatGPT said the same thing." In clinic, patients increasingly admit they left visits hesitant to ask…
On a busy call shift as a resident doctor at Stanford, I have heard versions of the same sentence more than once: “That’s reassuring. ChatGPT said the same thing.” In clinic, patients increasingly admit they left visits hesitant to ask clarifying questions, then turned to a generative AI tool to explain their diagnosis in plainer language. Some return reassured; others come back more uncertain. But the pattern is unmistakable. Patients …
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How generative AI in health care is changing patient expectations
Conditions and diseases

Like more than half of older men, I take a cholesterol-lowering medication called a statin. Sometimes that seems a bit strange, because I don’t have high cholesterol. My doctor prescribed it based on a formula that largely hinges on age…

Like more than half of older men, I take a cholesterol-lowering medication called a statin. Sometimes that seems a bit strange, because I don’t have high cholesterol. My doctor prescribed it based on a formula that largely hinges on age and sex.
I’m 71 and male. Those two factors alone put me in the high-risk category for …
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We need more than medicine to prevent heart disease
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