{
  "id": 18288293,
  "title": "STAT+: As more doctors consult chatbots, health systems can block them — or buy in",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/stat-as-more-doctors-consult-chatbots-health-systems-can-block-them",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-05T09:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "STAT News",
    "slug": "stat-news",
    "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2026/11/05/doctors-use-ai-chatbots-hipaa-compliance-questions/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "This past year, Patrick Woodard, Monument Health's chief information officer, engaged in a conversation with a number of medical professionals employed by the South Dakota and Wyoming-based health system. The organization had chosen to restrict access to OpenEvidence, a widely-used free artificial intelligence tool, and some resistance was encountered. One of these objections came from an experienced medical professional who had amassed over a hundred patient records within OpenEvidence and was utilizing the AI tool to assist with medical decision-making. This practice would have to be discontinued, Woodard informed the doctor. Over the past year, free chatbots designed to respond to clinicians' inquiries—such as OpenEvidence, Doximity Ask, and ChatGPT for Clinicians—have gained considerable traction. A significant portion of these tools' users claim they are in compliance with the federal health data privacy law, HIPAA. This assurance enables patients to share their protected health information directly with the AI after signing an agreement, enhancing the tools' value in everyday clinical practice. To read the full story in STAT+, click here.",
  "summary": "As hundreds of thousands of doctors consult AI chatbots to make care decisions, health systems see new risks to patients' health data.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}