Who can turn on the Epic integration?

The Epic integration in ChatGPT for Healthcare is switched on by a workspace administrator, and OpenAI restricts it to organizational accounts. ChatGPT Enterprise customers need to contact their OpenAI account team to check eligibility and get it configured. An individual clinician account cannot connect an EHR on its own.

Can individual clinicians get any of this?

Eligible U.S. ChatGPT for Clinicians users can install the Healthcare Public Data plugin themselves. That plugin reaches nine official public sources including PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov, RxNorm, DailyMed, and CMS Coverage. The Epic record connection is a separate feature and stays limited to healthcare organizations.

Is ChatGPT for Healthcare HIPAA compliant?

OpenAI states that with an applicable Business Associate Agreement, customers can use ChatGPT Work, Codex, apps, and plugins to support HIPAA-compliant workflows. The platform adds role-based access, single sign-on, and audit logs. Putting the BAA in place is still the customer's own step before protected health information flows through it.

How was the safety of ChatGPT's healthcare answers measured?

OpenAI reports that across 4,363 ratings, physicians rated 99.1% of responses safe across all use cases. The announcement gives that single figure for the healthcare experience overall rather than a per-feature breakdown. Named launch partners already running ChatGPT for Healthcare include AdventHealth, Boston Children's Hospital, Cedars-Sinai, and UCSF.

OpenAI · 2026-09-01 · major

ChatGPT connects to Epic — clinicians can pull chart context into the chat

ChatGPT for Healthcare can now read a hospital's Epic records, so clinicians can ask what changed since a patient's last visit. A separate Healthcare Public Data plugin adds nine official sources, including PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov.

OpenAI

Hospitals can wire their Epic records into ChatGPT, and clinicians get a plugin for nine official public health data sources.

Key specs

Rated safe by physicians	99.1%

Quick facts

Maker	OpenAI
What's new	Epic EHR integration + Healthcare Public Data plugin
EHR access	Organizational accounts only, enabled by an admin
Access mode	Read-only — nothing is written back to the chart
Public data sources	9, incl. PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov, RxNorm, DailyMed, CMS Coverage
Launch partners	AdventHealth, Boston Children's Hospital, Cedars-Sinai, UCSF
Compliance	HIPAA workflows with a BAA; SSO, role-based access, audit logs

What is it?

ChatGPT for Healthcare gains two connections: an Epic EHR integration and a Healthcare Public Data plugin. Clinicians can ask things like "What has changed since this patient's last visit?" or "Which recent lab results should I review?", and ChatGPT summarizes what happened and cites the supporting chart entries.

How does it work?

The Epic connection is read-only, so ChatGPT never writes anything back to the chart, and it is an organizational feature — a workspace administrator turns it on, and ChatGPT Enterprise customers go through their OpenAI account team for eligibility. The Healthcare Public Data plugin is separate and installable by eligible U.S. ChatGPT for Clinicians users, reaching nine official sources including ClinicalTrials.gov, CMS Coverage, RxNorm, DailyMed, and PubMed.

Why does it matter?

Chart review is where clinicians lose hours, and OpenAI is putting it behind the controls hospitals actually require: role-based access, single sign-on, audit logs, and HIPAA-supporting workflows under a Business Associate Agreement. AdventHealth, Boston Children's Hospital, Cedars-Sinai, and UCSF are named launch partners.

Who is it for?

clinicians and health-system IT teams

Frequently asked questions

Who can turn on the Epic integration?: The Epic integration in ChatGPT for Healthcare is switched on by a workspace administrator, and OpenAI restricts it to organizational accounts. ChatGPT Enterprise customers need to contact their OpenAI account team to check eligibility and get it configured. An individual clinician account cannot connect an EHR on its own.
Can individual clinicians get any of this?: Eligible U.S. ChatGPT for Clinicians users can install the Healthcare Public Data plugin themselves. That plugin reaches nine official public sources including PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov, RxNorm, DailyMed, and CMS Coverage. The Epic record connection is a separate feature and stays limited to healthcare organizations.
Is ChatGPT for Healthcare HIPAA compliant?: OpenAI states that with an applicable Business Associate Agreement, customers can use ChatGPT Work, Codex, apps, and plugins to support HIPAA-compliant workflows. The platform adds role-based access, single sign-on, and audit logs. Putting the BAA in place is still the customer's own step before protected health information flows through it.
How was the safety of ChatGPT's healthcare answers measured?: OpenAI reports that across 4,363 ratings, physicians rated 99.1% of responses safe across all use cases. The announcement gives that single figure for the healthcare experience overall rather than a per-feature breakdown. Named launch partners already running ChatGPT for Healthcare include AdventHealth, Boston Children's Hospital, Cedars-Sinai, and UCSF.

Try it

Workspace admins enable the Epic integration in ChatGPT for Healthcare; ChatGPT Enterprise customers ask their OpenAI account team.