OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health, Encouraging Users To Connect Their Medical Records
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- News link: https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/01/07/2151205/openai-launches-chatgpt-health-encouraging-users-to-connect-their-medical-records
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> The company is encouraging users to connect their personal medical records and wellness apps, such as Apple Health, Peloton, MyFitnessPal,Weight Watchers, and Function, "to get more personalized, grounded responses to their questions." It suggests connecting medical records so that ChatGPT can analyze lab results, visit summaries, and clinical history; MyFitnessPal and Weight Watchers for food guidance; Apple Health for health and fitness data, including movement, sleep, and activity patterns"; and Function for insights into lab tests.
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> On the medical records front, OpenAI says it's partnered with b.well, which will provide back-end integration for users to upload their medical records, since the company works with about 2.2 million providers. For now, ChatGPT Health requires users to [3]sign up for a waitlist to request access, as it's starting with a beta group of early users, but the product will roll out gradually to all users regardless of subscription tier. [...]
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> In a blog post, OpenAI wrote that based on its "de-identified analysis of conversations," more than 230 million people around the world already ask ChatGPT questions related to health and wellness each week. OpenAI also said that over the past two years, it's worked with more than 260 physicians to provide feedback on model outputs more than 600,000 times over 30 areas of focus, to help shape the product's responses. "ChatGPT can help you understand recent test results, prepare for appointments with your doctor, get advice on how to approach your diet and workout routine, or understand the tradeoffs of different insurance options based on your healthcare patterns," OpenAI claims in the blog post.
[1] https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-health/
[2] https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/857640/openai-launches-chatgpt-health-connect-medical-records
[3] https://chatgpt.com/health/waitlist
Oh my goodness (Score:5, Insightful)
What's TRULY scary is that lots of people will probably do it.
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> What's TRULY scary is that lots of people will probably do it.
Or there will be a sneaky insider deal with health insurers, who will make it mandatory.
Oh yeah... (Score:2)
If I have a health issue, I'm running straight to ChatGPT.
84 more days (Score:4, Funny)
84 more days till this story should have been posted.
Oh Hell No! (Score:2)
Not just no but fscking hell no!
Doctors (Score:2)
How many doctors will be using this or something like it to diagnose their patients?
If it's anything like my experience with AI coding, it will be great for telling doctors how smart their diagnoses are, but will sometimes point out things that they missed.
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According to the internet, "most doctors use ChatGPT daily". [1]https://www.forbes.com/sites/p... [forbes.com] Personally I'm not worried. The problem with LLM is replacing competent, experienced humans with improperly trained juniors. As long as the doctors keep high level training and continuous learning through their real-life experience, they can use whatever helper tool they want. LLM are the modern equivalent of taking a book from the shelf when a patient shows up with symptoms they haven't seen in a long time (later
[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulhsieh/2025/05/30/should-you-be-worried-if-your-doctor-uses-chatgpt/
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> How many doctors will be using this or something like it to diagnose their patients?
Hopefully zero. Because doctors have to abide by those nasty HIPAA rules that ChatGPT Health is trying to con users to circumvent. That may be legal, as others have pointed out in these comments. But it's not OK for doctors and other medical professionals with access to patient records.
I know a few doctors. And they are careful to the point of paranoia to only use compliant IT systems.
They can have my health records... (Score:2)
Over my cold, dead body.
Because, at that point, I won't care. I'll be dead.
No diagnosis, no treatment, just hoovering... (Score:4, Interesting)
"Personalised guidance" : thanks for all your super confidential data bucko, now stop eating hamburgers, and do some pushups
LoL! (Score:2)
> The company is encouraging users to connect their personal medical records and wellness apps
LoL no fuck you. kBye.
What could possibly.... (Score:2)
...go right?
Pffft.
How to maintain privacy (Score:1)
Give me a local-only instance an AI that is trained on medical issues and a local copy of my medical records.
That should maintain privacy.
But since I'm no longer "the product," unless I'm willing to spend big bucks, there's no money in it for the AI companies.
HIPAA - not applicable (Score:1)
From TFA:
> When asked if ChatGPT Health is compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Gross said that “in the case of consumer products, HIPAA doesn’t apply in this setting — it applies toward clinical or professional healthcare settings.”
On the surface this appears technically correct. ChatGPT Health is not acting on behalf of any of the usual HIPAA entities where HIPAA would apply. You are voluntarily submitting your data to ChatGPT Health in exchange for the "service" they provide. Not quite a loophole, rather, likely something overlooked by HIPAA during its initial creation. HIPAA assumed the various healthcare providers / other entities would be the main focus to put safeguards around. Once it got to the individual level
Hahahahah (Score:5, Insightful)
Hahahhahahahahha
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The fact that the above comment has been modded up gives me hope for the future of humanity.
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You beat me to this post. :). They have got to be fucking kidding.