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Microsoft’s Copilot Health can connect to your medical records and wearables
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TL;DR
- Microsoft launched Copilot Health, a separate and secure space within Copilot for health-related conversations.
- It allows users to ask about lab results, medical records, search for providers, and analyze data from wearables.
- Copilot Health supports data import from over 50,000 US hospitals and healthcare organizations, lab test results, and over 50 wearable devices.
- The feature includes a tool to search for medical professionals based on specialty, location, languages, and insurance.
- Responses in Copilot Health include citations from credible health organizations and expert-written answer cards from Harvard Health.
- Microsoft states that Copilot Health chats are isolated from general Copilot with additional privacy and safety controls, and data is not used for AI model training.
- Unlike some competitors, Copilot Health is not currently HIPAA-compliant, though Microsoft is exploring voluntary compliance standards.
- Despite ISO 42001 certification and privacy assurances, experts advise caution when sharing sensitive medical data with AI due to potential policy changes and historical inaccuracies in AI medical advice.