Health questions, safely
AI can explain medical words and help you write questions for your doctor. It can be wrong and doesn't know your history.
Key points
- Use it to understand words and to write down questions for your doctor.
- Never start, stop or change a medicine because an AI said so. Ask your doctor or pharmacist.
- In an emergency, call 911 (or your local emergency number), not a chatbot. Keep your name, birth date and insurance numbers out of it.
What the video says
AI can help with health questions. It can explain a medical word from your doctor, or on a test result, in plain, simple language.
Before a visit, it can help you write down your questions, so you don't forget any while you're in the room.
But AI can be wrong, and it doesn't know your health history, your other medicines, or your allergies.
So never start, stop, or change a medicine because an AI said so.
Take that question to your doctor or pharmacist. They can check what's right for you.
If it's an emergency, don't type it into a chatbot. Call nine-one-one right away.
And keep your name, birth date, and insurance numbers out of it. The AI doesn't need them to answer.
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Try it yourself
Check yourself
- An AI says you could stop a medicine. What do you do?
- Chest pain and trouble breathing. You should:
- A good health use of AI is: