OpenAI Launches a Specialized Healthcare Chatbot Connected to Apple Health

IBL News | New York

OpenAI began rolling out a specialized healthcare chatbot in the U.S. this month that connects Apple Health information and supported medical records, allowing users to maintain personalized conversations.

Every week, over 300 million people turn to ChatGPT with health-related questions—from understanding a lab result and preparing for an appointment with a doctor to building a healthier routine, the company explained.

The problem was that the context behind those questions is often scattered across patient portals, medical records, apps, and wearables, making it difficult to see and act on the complete picture.

ChatGPT draws on relevant information from different sources, reducing the need to repeatedly gather, upload, or explain the same details.

“ChatGPT can now reason more carefully across complex details, explain health information clearly, ask for missing context, and recognize when professional care may be needed. GPT‑5.5 Instant brought frontier health intelligence to all free users. GPT‑5.6 Sol builds on that progress with even stronger performance on more complex questions,” said the company.

Health is built with layered privacy and security safeguards.