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Anthropic Launches Claude for Healthcare With HIPAA-Ready Record Access and Clinical Connectors

The move follows OpenAI’s recent ChatGPT Health debut, targeting both consumers and enterprise workflows in a tightly regulated market.

Overview

  • U.S. Pro and Max subscribers can now link personal medical records through partners like HealthEx and Function Health, with Apple Health and Android Health Connect integrations available in beta.
  • New provider tools connect Claude to the CMS Coverage Database, ICD-10 codes, the National Provider Identifier Registry, and PubMed to support tasks such as prior authorizations and claims appeals.
  • Life-sciences integrations expand to Medidata, ClinicalTrials.gov, bioRxiv, medRxiv, Open Targets, and ChEMBL to aid clinical trial operations, regulatory work, and research.
  • Anthropic says health data shared with Claude is excluded from model memory, not used for training, and subject to user controls to disconnect or edit permissions.
  • The company cites gains from its Claude Opus 4.5 model and showcases workflow demos, while requiring professional review for medical uses as legal and safety scrutiny continues.