OpenAI Connects Epic EHR Records to ChatGPT
OpenAI published a post on its own site titled "Healthcare organizations can now connect EHR and additional industry data to ChatGPT", dated September 1, 2026. Everything below comes from it.
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OpenAI connected Epic health records to ChatGPT on September first. Clinicians can now review patient context inside it.
Healthcare organizations can connect Epic environments to ChatGPT. It summarizes lab results and medication changes.
The new Healthcare Public Data plugin connects nine official public sources. Those include PubMed and DailyMed.
OpenAI says physicians rated ninety nine point one percent of responses safe. That review was run by OpenAI itself.
ChatGPT for Healthcare customers ask an admin to enable it. The EHR integration is not available for individual accounts.
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- Today, we’re introducing a new electronic health record integration that brings authorized patient context from Epic into ChatGPT for Healthcare, along with the Healthcare Public Data plugin for direct, structured access to official healthcare datasets like PubMed, DailyMed, and CMS Coverage.(OpenAI's official announcement, Healthcare organizations can now connect EHR and additional industry data to ChatGPT, published September 1, 2026)
- Healthcare organizations can now connect Epic environments to ChatGPT.(OpenAI's official announcement, Healthcare organizations can now connect EHR and additional industry data to ChatGPT, published September 1, 2026)
- ChatGPT brings together relevant information from the authorized patient record, summarizes important developments, and points back to supporting chart information.(OpenAI's official announcement, Healthcare organizations can now connect EHR and additional industry data to ChatGPT, published September 1, 2026)
- Building on that foundation, the Healthcare Public Data plugin brings together dedicated connectors to nine official public healthcare sources, including ClinicalTrials.gov, CMS Coverage, RxNorm, DailyMed, and PubMed.(OpenAI's official announcement, Healthcare organizations can now connect EHR and additional industry data to ChatGPT, published September 1, 2026)
- Across 4,363 ratings, physicians rated 99.1% of responses safe across all use cases.(OpenAI's official announcement, Healthcare organizations can now connect EHR and additional industry data to ChatGPT, published September 1, 2026)
- ChatGPT for Healthcare customers: Ask your workspace administrator to enable the EHR integration and Healthcare Public Data plugin.(OpenAI's official announcement, Healthcare organizations can now connect EHR and additional industry data to ChatGPT, published September 1, 2026)
- Individual clinicians: Eligible U.S. ChatGPT for Clinicians users can install the Healthcare Public Data plugin. The EHR integration is not available for individual accounts.(OpenAI's official announcement, Healthcare organizations can now connect EHR and additional industry data to ChatGPT, published September 1, 2026)
- With an applicable Business Associate Agreement, customers can use ChatGPT Work, Codex, apps, and plugins in the same workspace to support HIPAA-compliant workflows.(OpenAI's official announcement, Healthcare organizations can now connect EHR and additional industry data to ChatGPT, published September 1, 2026)