{"slug": "openai-once-again-makes-the-case-for-giving-chatgpt-your-health-records", "title": "OpenAI once again makes the case for giving ChatGPT your health records", "summary": "OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Health to US users aged 18 and older, allowing the chatbot to access personal health records from Apple Health and providers like Kaiser Permanente and One Medical. The feature, powered by the new GPT-5.6 Sol model, aims to summarize appointments and test results, but OpenAI warns it should not replace professional medical advice. The launch comes amid a lawsuit alleging ChatGPT gave dangerous medical advice that nearly killed a pastor.", "body_md": "# OpenAI once again makes the case for giving ChatGPT your health records\n\nThe company is rolling out its ChatGPT Health feature to users in the US who are 18 years or older.\n\nOpenAI is rolling out its dedicated health experience, [ChatGPT Health](https://openai.com/index/health-in-chatgpt/), to users who are 18 years or older and live in the US. The company [began testing](https://www.engadget.com/ai/chatgpt-is-launching-a-new-dedicated-health-portal-210150083.html) ChatGPT Health in January in a separate portal, but this updated version lets ChatGPT reference relevant health data in any conversation.\n\nThe new feature is designed to go beyond the chatbot's existing ability to answer health-related questions — something OpenAI claims its new [GPT-5.6 Sol](https://www.engadget.com/2210308/openai-rolls-out-gpt5-6-july-9/) model improves — and grounds responses in personal data from doctors' notes, blood tests and more. You can connect your data via ChatGPT's new Health tab, where OpenAI will guide you through linking the chatbot to Apple Health (via the company's Healthkit framework) and providers like Kaiser Permanente or One Medical. ChatGPT can also prompt you to review any current conditions you might have, medications you're taking and your family's history of illness to make sure it's interpreting everything correctly.\n\nFrom there, OpenAI suggests you can revisit the Health tab to browse your records, view recent health trends and see suggested prompts to ask ChatGPT, but the main thrust of ChatGPT Health happens anytime your health is relevant to a chat. OpenAI is (appropriately) careful to frame its responses as a way to summarize an appointment, understand test results and be a better patient, but that doesn't stop anyone from asking for more direct advice from the chatbot. ChatGPT is still capable of making mistakes, and anything it says shouldn't be considered diagnosis or official treatment, even if the chatbot offers it confidently.\n\nPrivacy is also a major concern worth considering when sharing things like health records. Like when it originally announced ChatGPT Health, OpenAI says your medical information is not used to train foundation models or target ads, regardless of your other settings. You can also decide when ChatGPT can use health information you've connected, forcing the chatbot to ask every time it wants to use your data. Any health information you've connected can be disconnected at any time.\n\nThe timing of OpenAI's announcement is undeniably unfortunate. The company is currently [being sued by a pastor](https://www.engadget.com/2221044/openai-sued-over-chatgpt-health-advice-that-almost-killed-a-pastor/) who alleges that ChatGPT offered dangerous medical recommendations that led him to not seek treatment for a pulmonary embolism. The company is also embroiled in [a separate lawsuit with Apple](https://www.engadget.com/2212759/apple-calls-openais-hardware-business-rotten-to-its-core-in-trade-secret-theft-lawsuit/). That, at the very least, makes its reliance on Apple Health as a major data source awkward. OpenAI obviously doesn't have a say in all the legal fights it's embroiled in, but you can certainly decide you don't feel comfortable giving ChatGPT your medical information.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-once-again-makes-the-case-for-giving-chatgpt-your-health-records", "canonical_source": "https://www.engadget.com/2222059/openai-once-again-makes-the-case-for-giving-chatgpt-your-health-records/", "published_at": "2026-07-23 19:20:54+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-23 19:44:11.855877+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-safety", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "ChatGPT Health", "Apple Health", "Kaiser Permanente", "One Medical", "GPT-5.6 Sol"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-once-again-makes-the-case-for-giving-chatgpt-your-health-records", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-once-again-makes-the-case-for-giving-chatgpt-your-health-records.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-once-again-makes-the-case-for-giving-chatgpt-your-health-records.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-once-again-makes-the-case-for-giving-chatgpt-your-health-records.jsonld"}}