KevinMD February 13, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a hot topic in health care, capturing headlines for its ability to solve diagnostic mysteries and even outperform trained physicians in specific tasks. While we are still far from going to your local AI “doctor” for diagnosis and treatment, generative AI is already capable of intervening in meaningful ways—particularly in cardiovascular education for patients. This potential remains underutilized despite the significant public health need for cardiovascular disease prevention.
Generative AI offers personalized, accessible, and scalable tools that can address key challenges in our current cardiovascular prevention approach. Prevention relies on three pillars: identifying at-risk individuals, intervening—a combination of education, lifestyle changes, and medications—and monitoring metrics like blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar. While electronic health...