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ChatGPT's Apple Health Integration Now Rolling Out to U.S. Users

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The Health in ChatGPT feature that integrates medical records and Apple Health data is rolling out to ChatGPT users in the United States as of today.

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OpenAI announced plans for a health feature that used data from Apple Health and other sources back in January, but it was in beta and was not made widely available.

Health in ChatGPT can draw on health information connected by the user to compare lab test data, summarize changes since a prior appointment, track medications, and explore how sleep, activity, and workouts impact health.
With your permission, ChatGPT can consider relevant information you have connected, such as medications, lab results, recent visits, sleep, and activity, alongside the goals and context you share. This added context can make everyday conversations more useful. For example, ChatGPT can consider a dietary restriction when helping you choose a restaurant, or a recent injury when planning lower-impact weekend activities with your family. You can ask follow-up questions, add context, or correct information that is incomplete or out of date.
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OpenAI says the feature is meant to help users understand their health information in context and keep track of what's changed over time. Users can get to the Health section from the ChatGPT sidebar.

Connected medical records and Apple Health information are not used to train OpenAI's models or target ads, nor are conversations that use health data. ChatGPT will ask for permission before using connected medical records and Apple Health information to personalize a response.

For users who would prefer not to connect health records, the Health section in ChatGPT works without them and can answer health-related questions.

Health is rolling out to logged-in ChatGPT users who are 18 years and older in the U.S. on web and iOS. The feature is available to Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans.

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As has been said before when it was first announced:
What could possibly go wrong??

That in the context of some internal "AI model" at OpenAI "escaping", finding a way to the Internet and then actually hacking a real company, yea ... don't worry, we got you covered ...
 
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I mean I get the obvious privacy concerns, but that aside, analyzing health data is probably one of the best, most practical and helpful uses for large data AI technology. The ability to compare specific health to a large scale could do wonders for early detection and identification of all sorts of diseases and health conditions. Doctors should obviously be involved too, but the small amount of time that a doctor spends with an individual patient is really not enough to make determinations on major health conditions, especially in the early stages or with inexperienced doctors.
 
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I ran a family member's Echocardiagram results (took out their name beforehand) through Claude Ai (Fable) to see what it thought before that member went to their cardiologist to discuss it. It actually did a pretty good job of summing it up and making it easy to understand. Obviously, the family member valued the cardiologist's opinion the most but at least didn't go into the follow up completely clueless about what the results said.
 
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wilhoitm said:
ChatGPT: You're results look terrible! I am letting your Health Insurer know so that they can raise your rates! They may want to cancel your plan altogether, when you are due to renew, so I will put that on your calendar!
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Yeah, the insurance companies are a giant concern for me. I already get enough those "let our doctor visit your house and give you a checkup" letters from them. I have enough fun seeing my own doctor every year. Cough cough.

Unity451 said:
I mean I get the obvious privacy concerns, but that aside, analyzing health data is probably one of the best, most practical and helpful uses for large data AI technology. The ability to compare specific health to a large scale could do wonders for early detection and identification of all sorts of diseases and health conditions. Doctors should obviously be involved too, but the small amount of time that a doctor spends with an individual patient is really not enough to make determinations on major health conditions, especially in the early stages or with inexperienced doctors.
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I agree, but the privacy is a big one for me (although so many already have the data...so I shouldn't really care). The more data the AI gets, the more it will be able to deal with a great variety of issues. I don't doubt that AI would have been better at analyzing a brain tumor I had 30 years ago than my doctor (when I was on undergrad student insurance). Actually, I think I will give it what my symptoms used to be and see what it thinks.

Oh well, things keep moving forward. 🤪
 
If you really want to connect an AI model to health data at least have the technical competence to pick something local and actually private like 27 Siri
 
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It's interesting.

A good friend of mine is a physician. About a year ago he told me that 90% of his job can already be handled by ChatGPT but it's that last 10% where it's not even close (and in his opinion never will be) that justifies his salary.

Truth is I've been asking ChatGPT health questions for a while and it's pretty good. I don't think it will replace my doctor anytime soon, but for a situation like we have here in the US when so many people can't afford healthcare, I think AI could improve things for a lot of folks. If nothing else, if it can get good enough at triage, so that folks know when to seek actual attention from a healthcare professional I think that could be a huge benefit for many.

One of my favorite things is taking families lab or imaging results and translating what the doctor told them into simple language. So many doctors don't explain things well enough to patients either due to lack of time, or because they are overly technical in explaining things in lay terms. ChatGPT is remarkable at this.
 
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jz0309 said:
As has been said before when it was first announced:
What could possibly go wrong??

That in the context of some internal "AI model" at OpenAI "escaping", finding a way to the Internet and then actually hacking a real company, yea ... don't worry, we got you covered ...
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If it can escape and attack a company why not attack user's devices?
 
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jb310 said:
I wonder if they'll wind up dropping this project like they did with Sora, or with their Atlas browser. 😅
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CGPT while it struggles in its main raison d etre* sure seems to do a lot of wishcasting for a profitable model.

* which sure looks a lot like its being a weapon of mass capital destruction.
 
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