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Launching Health in ChatGPT

OpenAI Blog · 2026-07-23

OpenAI launches Health in ChatGPT for U.S. users, enabling secure integration of Apple Health and medical records to power personalized health conversations across all chats using GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.6 Sol.

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Topics: health-aichatgptpersonal-data-privacyconsumer-ai-productsopenai-product-launch

Claims

  • Health in ChatGPT lets U.S. users connect Apple Health and medical records for personalized health conversations integrated across all ChatGPT chats, not just a dedicated health space.
  • More than 70% of health-related conversations among early testers occurred outside the dedicated health experience, driving the decision to integrate health context across the general interface.
  • Connected medical records and Apple Health data are not used to train OpenAI's foundation models or target ads, regardless of users' standard model-training settings.
  • GPT-5.6 Sol outperforms GPT-5.5 on HealthBench Professional, OpenAI's evaluation of AI on challenging health tasks.
  • Over 300 million people turn to ChatGPT with health-related questions each week, demonstrating significant consumer demand.

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Every week, more than 300 million people turn to ChatGPT with health-related questions.
Connected medical records and Apple Health information, and conversations that use it, are not used to train our foundation models or target ads, regardless of the model-training setting you choose for ChatGPT.
The most useful part has been turning scattered medical history into something I can actually understand and explain. I have multiple overlapping issues and ChatGPT helped connect those pieces into a clear timeline.