{
  "id": 4902244,
  "title": "ChatGPT Health adds Epic integration for clinicians to import patient data",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/chatgpt-health-adds-epic-integration-for-clinicians-to-import-patient",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-01T17:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCrunch",
    "slug": "techcrunch",
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/01/chatgpt-health-adds-epic-integration-for-clinicians-to-import-patient-data/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "OpenAI has announced a new integration between ChatGPT Health and Epic’s electronic health record (EHR) system, which manages data for more than 325 million patients. This will enable clinicians to import patient information and utilize AI to query it. In certain systems, ChatGPT will be directly integrated into EHR workflows, allowing clinicians to access data such as appointment notes, lab results, medications, and specialist documentation. They will be able to summarize this information, review patient history, spot changes, and prepare for upcoming appointments. In some deployments, clinicians will have the ability to access ChatGPT directly for pre-visit reviews and clinical timeline creation without leaving a patient’s chart. The integration ensures read-only access to health records, and AI will not generate any content back to the system. Additionally, OpenAI is introducing a new Healthcare Public Data plugin, which can obtain information from sources such as ClinicalTrials.gov, CMS Coverage, RxNorm, DailyMed, and PubMed. This will aid healthcare professionals in synthesizing data for trial eligibility, medication identifiers, coverage policy versions, and provider records. OpenAI is also permitting organizations with a Business Associate Agreement to utilize ChatGPT Work, Codex, apps, and connectors within their workspace for compliant workflows. Last month, OpenAI expanded ChatGPT for health to all U.S. consumers, with the company reporting that users ask 300 million health-related questions to ChatGPT weekly. Despite numerous integrations with medical systems, OpenAI has emphasized that AI should not be used for diagnosis or treatment. The company conducted a survey of 4,300 physicians across 27 clinical use cases, finding that 99.1% of responses were deemed safe. Nevertheless, even a small number of unsafe responses can lead to harmful outcomes for humans. Recently, a Florida-based pastor filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, claiming that ChatGPT provided him with a near-fatal recommendation. Additionally, family members of a user were involved in a lawsuit in May, alleging that ChatGPT provided incorrect advice regarding medication dosage.",
  "summary": "OpenAI said that the integration provides read-only access to health records for clinicians.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}