Healthcare organizations can now connect EHR and additional industry data to ChatGPT

What changed

Source summary

OpenAI added two healthcare-specific capabilities to ChatGPT: a read-only Epic EHR integration that lets clinicians at organisations with a signed Business Associate Agreement pull authorised patient records directly into ChatGPT, and a Healthcare Public Data plugin giving individually verified US-based ChatGPT for Clinicians users structured access to nine public sources such as PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov, and CMS coverage data. The EHR integration is organisation-only and requires admin or OpenAI account-team enablement.

Why it matters to your work

Practical interpretation

Only directly useful if you are a clinician or work in a US healthcare organisation using ChatGPT for Clinicians: it lets clinicians pull a patient's recent history or search public medical research and coverage data without leaving the chat, cutting time spent searching separate systems. It requires formal HIPAA paperwork (a Business Associate Agreement) and admin sign-off for the EHR piece, so it is not something an individual user can just switch on.

When this could help

Worth evaluating if your organisation uses Epic and wants clinicians to prepare for appointments with AI-assisted chart review, or if your research/pharmacy teams need structured access to public healthcare datasets.

ChatGPT for Healthcare now connects to Epic EHR systems so clinicians can review patient history, spot changes, and prepare for appointments within ChatGPT. A separate Healthcare Public Data plugin provides structured access to nine official sources including ClinicalTrials.gov, CMS Coverage, RxNorm, DailyMed, and PubMed. In evaluation, physicians rated 99.1% of 4,363 clinical use case ratings as safe.

How to get started

1. Workspace administrators enable the EHR integration (Epic) and/or Healthcare Public Data plugin in ChatGPT for Healthcare settings. A BAA is required for HIPAA-compliant workflows.

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Build it into your routine

SCALA suggested workflow

1. Pre-visit chart review

   Before patient appointments, ask ChatGPT to summarise what changed since the last visit, which labs to review, recent medication changes, and open follow-ups or referrals.

What to check

• EHR integration requires Epic. Other EHR systems are not mentioned. A BAA is required for HIPAA compliance. Source ↗
• Pricing is not stated. Organisations are directed to contact OpenAI's sales team. Source ↗