{"id":199084,"date":"2026-03-25T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/when-artificial-intelligence-enters-the-exam-room-your-voice-may-be-the-most-powerful-tool\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T09:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:20:14","slug":"when-artificial-intelligence-enters-the-exam-room-your-voice-may-be-the-most-powerful-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/when-artificial-intelligence-enters-the-exam-room-your-voice-may-be-the-most-powerful-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"When artificial intelligence enters the exam room, your voice may be the most powerful tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkyc.com\/article\/news\/health\/ai-artificial-intelligence-healthcare-health-advocacy-doctors-patients-information-communication-confusion-diagosis-internet-chatgpt-google-chatbots\/95-65c7d9f1-26a8-4426-8447-6ba544be94b5\">When artificial intelligence enters the exam room, your voice may be the most powerful tool<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkyc.com\/article\/news\/health\/ai-artificial-intelligence-healthcare-health-advocacy-doctors-patients-information-communication-confusion-diagosis-internet-chatgpt-google-chatbots\/95-65c7d9f1-26a8-4426-8447-6ba544be94b5\">https:\/\/www.wkyc.com\/article\/news\/health\/ai-artificial-intelligence-healthcare-health-advocacy-doctors-patients-information-communication-confusion-diagosis-internet-chatgpt-google-chatbots\/95-65c7d9f1-26a8-4426-8447-6ba544be94b5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-25 09:04:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wkyc.com\">www.wkyc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Importance of Patient Communication<\/strong>: Patient communication is vital for better care, especially in the era of AI. It is often the key to safer and more effective healthcare.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Common Communication Gaps<\/strong>: Nine out of ten American adults struggle to understand and use health information, indicating widespread communication issues in healthcare settings.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Personal Experience of Expert<\/strong>: Nurse Karen Komondor has firsthand experience with communication barriers after guiding three siblings through healthcare with rare, debilitating diseases.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Role of AI in Healthcare<\/strong>: While AI tools are becoming more prevalent, they do not resolve existing communication gaps unless patients comprehend their care and AI\u2019s role in decision-making.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Patient Empowerment<\/strong>: Komondor advocates for patients to become active partners in their care through preparation, note-taking, asking questions, and asserting their understanding.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Professional Background<\/strong>: Komondor is the founder of Health Literacy 360 LLC and the president of the U.S. Health Literacy Association, with over three decades of experience focusing on healthcare communication.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Patient Agency<\/strong>: Emphasizing the power of patient voice, Komondor encourages patients to speak up for their care and to treat healthcare visits as active partnerships.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When artificial intelligence enters the exam room, your voice may be the most powerful tool&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":199085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.wkyc.com\/assets\/WKYC\/images\/46b2d73c-0b18-4e08-a30a-07f50773e5ab\/20260325T130303\/46b2d73c-0b18-4e08-a30a-07f50773e5ab_1140x641.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-199084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199084"}],"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=199084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199086,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199084\/revisions\/199086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}