{"id":277923,"date":"2026-01-10T16:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T16:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/277923\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T16:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T16:26:12","slug":"american-patients-are-increasingly-turning-to-ai-for-medical-advice-so-are-their-doctors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/277923\/","title":{"rendered":"American patients are increasingly turning to AI for medical advice \u2014 so are their doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the world weighing up the pitfalls<\/a> of giving AI access to sensitive personal data, OpenAI just unveiled a service where people can upload medical records <\/b>directly to its chatbot.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the company announced<\/a> the launch of ChatGPT Health<\/b>, described as a \u201cdedicated experience\u201d for health information that will live as a tab within ChatGPT. According to a report<\/a> from OpenAI, more than 40 million <\/b>people globally already ask ChatGPT health-related questions every single day, equating to about 5% of all messages on the platform.<\/p>\n

Chat, what are my treatment options?<\/p>\n

The service, designed to help people \u201cfeel more informed<\/b>, prepared, and confident navigating [their] health,\u201d allows users in the US to connect medical records and data from apps<\/a> and wearable devices to ChatGPT.<\/p>\n

OpenAI underscored that Health is built with additional, layered protections for user information, including \u201cpurpose-built encryption.\u201d It also emphasized that the service is \u201cnot intended for diagnosis<\/b> or treatment,\u201d and should instead be used to \u201csupport\u201d existing medical care. <\/p>\n

But it seems that AI is already being used to support medical professionals, even more directly. A study conducted by the American Medical Association in November 2024, published last February<\/a>, found that two-thirds<\/b> of American physicians reported using health AI at least once in 2024, up from 38% in 2023. <\/p>\n

\"US<\/p>\n

Sherwood News<\/p>\n

Just what the doctor prompted<\/p>\n

While many medical professionals said they were already using the tech for documentation purposes and translation services, a significant proportion also reported using AI for help with treatment<\/b>, including surgery guidance (30%), prediction of health risks (25%), health recommendations (21%), and triage support (20%).<\/p>\n

Interestingly, the AMA found 30%<\/b> of US physicians said they used AI to assist with diagnoses<\/b> \u2014 the same thing that many turn to ChatGPT for, with OpenAI\u2019s report finding that 55%<\/b> of US adults used AI tools to \u201ccheck or explore symptoms<\/a>\u201d in the three months prior to the survey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the world weighing up the pitfalls of giving AI access to sensitive personal data, OpenAI just unveiled…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[275],"tags":[18,135,475,474,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-277923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-health-care","11":"tag-healthcare","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115871742983733987","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}