OpenAI and Anthropic announced consumer-facing health products intended to provide personalized health guidance using connected medical record data. Both companies have stated they will not use user health conversations or connected health data to train their models.
OpenAI: ChatGPT Health (announced January 7, 2026)
- Partnership with b.well to enable users to connect medical records across a large network of providers
- Integration with wellness applications including Apple Health and MyFitnessPal
- Positioned as personalized health guidance grounded in user-provided data
- Not described as HIPAA-compliant; consumer products may not be subject to HIPAA requirements
- Not FDA-approved
- OpenAI has stated it will not use health conversations for model training
- OpenAI has reported that tens of millions of users ask ChatGPT health-related questions daily
Anthropic: Claude for Healthcare (announced January 11, 2026)
- Partnership with HealthEx to support record aggregation across more than 50,000 provider organizations
- Uses Model Context Protocol (MCP) to retrieve only the record elements needed for a given query
- Available to Claude Pro and Max subscribers
- Anthropic has stated it will not use health data for model training
- Integration noted with Function Health, Apple Health, and Android Health Connect