ChatGPT for Healthcare unveils new integrations with Epic, public health data sources

OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT's healthcare capabilities with new integrations that connect it more directly with clinical workflows and public healthcare sources.

ChatGPT for Healthcare, initially announced in January, as a workspace for researchers, clinicians and administrators, powered by GPT-5 models that went through doctor-led testing. The company developed a suite of tools for healthcare enterprises as it expands its reach to hospitals and health systems. In April, OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Clinicians, a version of ChatGPT designed to support clinical tasks like documentation and medical research.

On Tuesday, OpenAI announced that ChatGPT for Healthcare now integrates with Epic's electronic health record (EHR) to enable authorized clinicians to access and summarize patient information from medical records within ChatGPT or directly in supported Epic workflows. That integration can now pull together clinical notes, lab results, medications and specialist documentation, the company said in a blog post.

The Epic integration supports read-only experiences and doesn’t write information back to the patient record, the company said. The Epic integration supports two workflows: clinicians can pull authorized patient data from the EHR into ChatGPT to review histories, identify key changes and prepare for appointments, or they can access ChatGPT directly within supported EHR workflows, enabling AI-assisted tasks without leaving the patient chart.