IBL News | New York
OpenAI announced the launch of a dedicated health tab to ChatGPT, allowing people to bring in electronic medical records and other data from apps like Apple Health iOS, Function, and MyFitnessPal. This app is now in the waitlist phase.
Health and wellness are already among the most common uses of ChatGPT, with over 230 million people globally asking related questions weekly.
ChatGPT Health will also help users to understand recent test results, prepare for appointments with their doctor, get advice on how to approach their diet and workout routine, or understand the tradeoffs of different insurance options based on their healthcare patterns.
The San Francisco-based lab ensured that this ChatGPT Health is built on “strong privacy, security, and data controls across with additional, layered protections designed specifically for health, including purpose-built encryption and isolation to keep health conversations protected and compartmentalized.”
The company highlighted that it is not intended for diagnosis or treatment and doesn’t seek to replace clinicians. “ChatGPT Health helps people take a more active role in understanding and managing their health and wellness—while supporting, not replacing, care from clinicians.”
OpenAI said it has worked with more than 260 physicians who have practiced in 60 countries and dozens of specialties to understand what makes an answer to a health question helpful or potentially harmful, and this group has provided feedback on model outputs over 600,000 times across 30 areas of focus.