{"id":179874,"date":"2026-01-20T04:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/poll-shows-ai-changing-healthcare-as-patients-seek-transparency\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T05:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:20:11","slug":"poll-shows-ai-changing-healthcare-as-patients-seek-transparency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/poll-shows-ai-changing-healthcare-as-patients-seek-transparency\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll shows AI changing healthcare as patients seek transparency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfsb.com\/2026\/01\/20\/poll-shows-ai-changing-healthcare-patients-seek-transparency\/\">Poll shows AI changing healthcare as patients seek transparency<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfsb.com\/2026\/01\/20\/poll-shows-ai-changing-healthcare-patients-seek-transparency\/\">https:\/\/www.wfsb.com\/2026\/01\/20\/poll-shows-ai-changing-healthcare-patients-seek-transparency\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-20 04:49:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wfsb.com\">www.wfsb.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>AI in Healthcare<\/strong>: An increasing number of patients are using AI tools for medical research and healthcare services, according to a survey.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Survey Results<\/strong>: Two out of three survey participants (1,500 in total) reported seeing AI being used in parts of their healthcare services.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Frustration with Healthcare System<\/strong>: The majority expressed frustration, with wait times being the top concern, followed by issues with insurance and appointment scheduling.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AI Solutions<\/strong>: Healthcare offices are implementing chatbots to manage scheduling and reminders, allowing doctors to spend more time with patients.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Self-Research and AI Use<\/strong>: Many individuals (86%) research their conditions independently, with 37% admitting to using AI tools for this purpose.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Predictions<\/strong>: 38% of those surveyed believe AI will replace doctors for some tasks within the next decade.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Patient Control Over AI<\/strong>: Most respondents (88%) want disclosure over AI use, 86% desire clear explanations for its implementation, and 83% want the option to opt out.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Positive View on AI<\/strong>: Experts argue that AI should not frighten doctors but present opportunities to enhance quality care by reducing paperwork.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poll shows AI changing healthcare as patients seek transparency https:\/\/www.wfsb.com\/2026\/01\/20\/poll-shows-ai-changing-healthcare-patients-seek-transparency\/ Publish Date: 2026-01-20 04:49:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":179875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/gray-wfsb-prod.gtv-cdn.com\/resizer\/v2\/EQKWFI2PKVBV3C4K3H6KXLJZ2Q.jpg?auth=82ed20ee7860c53917d68dc627dd232dd3d6d7e34acc16d1b6638a058fc608cb&width=1200&height=600&smart=true","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179874"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179874"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179876,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179874\/revisions\/179876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}