OpenAI Connects Epic Health Records and Public Data to ChatGPT

OpenAI said on September 1, 2026 that healthcare organizations can now connect their Epic electronic health record environments to ChatGPT for Healthcare, alongside a new Healthcare Public Data plugin that links the workspace to nine official healthcare datasets. The announcement, published on OpenAI's newsroom, describes two complementary capabilities. The EHR integration brings authorized patient context from Epic into ChatGPT, while the public data plugin gives teams structured access to…