OpenAI to roll out ChatGPT Health tab for uploading medical records and linking apps

According to Time, on Jan. 7 OpenAI said it will roll out ChatGPT Health over the coming weeks, a dedicated health tab that lets users upload medical records and connect apps such as Apple Health, the testing platform Function, MyFitnessPal and Weight Watchers. The Health hub will accept lab results, visit summaries and clinical history so responses can be “grounded in the information you’ve connected,” OpenAI said.

The company said the feature is meant to support health care, not replace it, and that it worked with more than 260 physicians over two years to shape responses. OpenAI also said it partnered with data company b.well and built “enhanced privacy,” including a separate chat history and memory for Health, that Health conversations are not used to train foundation models, and that users can view or delete Health memories; the company’s chief information security officer also posted that conversations and files are encrypted and protected with additional layers of isolation and segmentation.

Experts cautioned that protections are limited by law and by data quality. Bradley Malin noted that chatbot services generally fall outside HIPAA and become a contractual matter between the user and OpenAI, and Danielle Bitterman urged assuming uploaded information may no longer be private.

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