Tag: digital health tools
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Human-Delivered Versus AI Chatbot Education: Boosting Women’s Heart Attack Knowledge in the U.S.
Overview Heart disease remains the leading cause of death for women in the United States, underscoring the need for scalable, effective education strategies. Recent quasi-experimental analyses compare two delivery formats for heart attack education: a human-delivered SMS intervention and an automated AI chatbot named HeartBot. The aim is to determine how each format influences knowledge,…
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Human-Delivered Versus AI Chatbot Education for Women’s Heart Attack Awareness: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis
Overview Heart disease remains the leading cause of death for women in the United States. Even with public campaigns, awareness has fluctuated, underscoring the need for scalable education approaches. This analysis compares two approaches to teaching women about heart attack symptoms and response: a human-delivered SMS intervention and a fully automated AI chatbot named HeartBot.…
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AIPeHLS: Development and Validation of the Adult Inpatient eHealth Literacy Scale
Introduction: The Need for a tailored inpatient eHealth literacy tool As digital health technologies expand, patients must effectively engage with eHealth tools to manage health in today’s Web 3.0 environment. Traditional instruments often miss the unique demands of adult inpatients, who navigate complex medical information, privacy considerations, and rapidly evolving AI-assisted health services. The Adult…
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When AI Diagnosed Lyme Disease: A Cautionary Tale of Self-Diagnosis and Healthcare Gaps
AI and Lyme Disease: A New Frontier in Self-Diagnosis Three years ago, Oliver Moazzezi noticed a familiar itch: a tick bite near his home in Whiteley. What followed was a slow unraveling of health issues—ringing ears, fatigue, high blood pressure, and muscle spasms—that vanished into a single question: could artificial intelligence help identify what doctors…
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Enhancing Cardiovascular Nutrition Guidance: A Cross-Sectional Evaluation of LLMs with Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Introduction: The Promise and Peril of AI in Cardiovascular Nutrition As digital health tools proliferate, large language models (LLMs) and generative AI offer the potential to scale evidence-based nutrition education for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention. Grounded in the American Heart Association’s (AHA) guideline framework, these technologies aim to improve health literacy while ensuring information reliability.…
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Public Attitudes Toward WA Verify and Barriers to Digital Health Tools: Washington State Insights
Understanding WA Verify and the Rise of Digital Public Health Tools Digital health tools, including vaccine verification systems, have become more common as public health and everyday life intersect. Washington State’s WA Verify, built on the SMART Health Card framework, offered a paperless way to prove COVID-19 vaccination status. As with many health technologies rolled…
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Exploring Attitudes and Barriers to Digital Public Health Tools: WA Verify Survey Insights
Introduction: The Rise of Digital Public Health Tools Digital health tools surged during the COVID-19 era, accelerating the shift toward electronic records, telemedicine, and digital vaccination verification. Washington State’s WA Verify, built on the SMART Health Card framework, became a widely used method for sharing vaccination status via mobile devices. As public health systems increasingly…