OpenAI connected ChatGPT Health to Epic, the widely used electronic health record system. Clinicians can now import patient data and ask questions about it. They can pull appointment notes, lab results, medications and specialist documentation. They can also review patient history, spot changes and prepare for upcoming appointments. In some deployments ChatGPT runs inside the record system itself, without leaving a patient chart. Access is read-only, and the assistant writes nothing back to the record. OpenAI also added a Healthcare Public Data plug-in that pulls from ClinicalTrials.gov, CMS Coverage, RxNorm, DailyMed and PubMed. Organisations with a Business Associate Agreement may now use ChatGPT Work, Codex, apps and connectors in their workspace. OpenAI says physician review found almost all sampled answers safe, and maintains the tool is not for diagnosis or treatment. Two lawsuits allege ChatGPT gave harmful health advice, including one filed days before this rollout.
What changed
Clinicians could not pull Epic patient records into ChatGPT.
What it unlocks
Importing a patient's notes, labs and medications into ChatGPT to summarise and prepare for visits.
- 325M+ patient records in Epic
- 4,300 physician responses reviewed
- 99.1% rated safe
- 27 clinical use cases
What you need to act on it
- an Epic electronic health record system
- a Business Associate Agreement for compliant workspace use
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