Health
OpenAI integrates ChatGPT Health with Epic electronic health records
The integration provides clinicians with read-only access to patient records for summarizing charts and reviewing clinical data.
The short version
- OpenAI announced that ChatGPT Health can now integrate with Epic's electronic health records system, which covers more than 325 million patients.
- Clinicians will have read-only access to import and summarize patient history, lab results, medications, and appointment notes directly within workflows.
- OpenAI reiterated that the AI tool is not intended for diagnosis or treatment, following recent lawsuits alleging harmful medical and dosage advice.
Key facts
- OpenAI is integrating ChatGPT Health with Epic to allow clinicians read-only access to patient records covering over 325 million people.[TechCrunch]
- The integration allows healthcare providers to summarize appointment notes, check lab results, examine medications, and construct clinical timelines without writing back to the medical records.[TechCrunch]
- OpenAI released a Healthcare Public Data plugin that retrieves information from databases such as PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov, RxNorm, DailyMed, and CMS Coverage.[TechCrunch]
- Organizations with a Business Associate Agreement can now use ChatGPT Work, Codex, apps, and connectors for compliant enterprise workflows.[TechCrunch]
- OpenAI stated that an evaluation of over 4,300 physician responses across 27 clinical use cases found 99.1% of outputs to be safe, while maintaining that the model is not designed for diagnosis or treatment.[TechCrunch]
- The rollout comes amid legal challenges, including a May lawsuit over incorrect dosage guidance and a recent lawsuit from a Florida pastor alleging a near-fatal recommendation.[TechCrunch]
What remains uncertain
- The legal outcomes of ongoing lawsuits alleging harmful medical and dosage guidance by ChatGPT remain unresolved.[TechCrunch]