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ChatGPT now has a space for sharing medical records. Should you?
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Fusion42 · 26 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
OpenAI launched Health in ChatGPT, allowing users to upload medical records and connect Apple Health data for AI-assisted health tracking and analysis. The feature raises concerns about AI hallucination risks, data privacy, and user vulnerability, particularly for elderly or cognitively impaired users who may not recognise when to escalate to actual medical professionals.
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If you're building healthtech that competes with ChatGPT on diagnosis or treatment advice, you now have a regulatory and liability problem: OpenAI has made medical reasoning a consumer product with documented failure modes, and the first lawsuits are already filed. Your compliance moat just became your competitive advantage, because ChatGPT will not have one.
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