ChatGPT Health adds Epic integration for clinicians to import patient data
OpenAI said that the integration provides read-only access to health records for clinicians.
TL;DR
- OpenAI is integrating ChatGPT Health with Epic's EHR system, used by over 325 million patients.
- Clinicians can import patient data, summarize information, and ask AI questions about health records.
- The integration provides read-only access to health records; AI does not write back.
- A new Healthcare Public Data plug-in fetches information from sources like ClinicalTrials.gov and PubMed.
- OpenAI allows organizations with a Business Associate Agreement to use ChatGPT Work for compliant workflows.
- Despite positive safety results from physician testing, the company acknowledges potential risks of incorrect AI responses.
- OpenAI has faced lawsuits alleging ChatGPT provided harmful or wrongful advice.