Sep 1, 2026, 5:00 PMArtificial Intelligence
ChatGPT Health adds Epic integration for clinicians to import
OpenAI said today that it is integrating ChatGPT Health with Epic’s electronic health record (EHR) system, which holds data for over 325 million patients,…
Summary
OpenAI said today that it is integrating ChatGPT Health with Epic’s electronic health record (EHR) system, which holds data for over 325 million patients, to let clinicians import patient data and use AI to ask questions. The company said that in certain systems, it will also integrate ChatGPT directly within EHR workflows. With ChatGPT, clinicians can now access information like appointment notes, laboratory results, medications, and specialist documentation and summarize them easily. They can also look at patient history, identify changes, and prepare for future appointments.
Positives
- OpenAI said today that it is integrating ChatGPT Health with Epic’s electronic health record (EHR) system, which holds data for over 325 million patients, to let clinicians import patient data and use AI to ask questions.
- OpenAI said that in some deployments, clinicians can directly access ChatGPT for getting pre-visit review and building clinical timelines without leaving a patient chart.
- OpenAI is also adding a new Healthcare Public Data plug-in, which can fetch information from sources including ClinicalTrials.
Risks & concerns
- The article may not provide enough evidence to validate every implication.
- Execution, cost, adoption, regulation, or security could change the outcome.
Primary sourceTechCrunchhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/09/01/chatgpt-health-adds-epic-integration-for-clinicians-to-import-patient-data/
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