Overview
- OpenAI rolled out ChatGPT Health this week and made the feature available to logged-in U.S. users aged 18 and older across Free, Go, Plus and Pro plans.
- The feature lets users link Apple Health data and supported electronic records so ChatGPT can review lab results, summarize visit changes and highlight patterns in sleep, activity and other metrics.
- OpenAI says connected health data is encrypted, will not be used to train its foundation models, and synced records are deleted within 30 days after a user disconnects while prior chat histories remain until manually removed.
- Clinicians and privacy experts warn the model can hallucinate or misinterpret incomplete records, Apple emphasizes an on-device privacy approach, and the rollout has prompted lawsuits and calls for independent validation and regulatory review.
- OpenAI positions the product as a tool to improve health literacy and prepare patients for care, but it must be used alongside clinicians and could trigger new legal and oversight demands for consumer AI in healthcare.