Anthropic Expands Claude into Healthcare with New Tools to Decode Your Medical Data.

Anthropic has taken a significant step into the healthcare space with the launch of Claude for Healthcare, a new suite of features designed to help users better understand their personal medical information. Under this initiative, subscribers in the United States on Claude’s Pro and Max plans can now choose to link their health records and lab results directly to Claude, the company’s advanced AI assistant, through partnerships with services such as HealthEx and Function Health. Integrations with Apple Health and Android Health Connect are set to become available later this week via the Claude mobile apps.

When users connect their medical data, Claude can analyse the information and provide clear, easy-to-understand summaries of medical history and lab results. It can also identify patterns in health and fitness metrics and help users prepare questions for doctor appointments. Anthropic has stressed that connections are entirely voluntary, that users retain full control over what they share, and that personal health information is not used to train Claude’s AI models.

This new offering is part of a wider expansion of Claude’s capabilities into both healthcare and life sciences, with the technology now able to connect to major medical databases and tools that can assist clinicians, researchers and healthcare organisations with administrative tasks and clinical workflows under HIPAA-ready systems.

Anthropic’s move follows closely on the heels of a similar launch from OpenAI, which recently introduced ChatGPT Health, a dedicated health-focused feature within ChatGPT that lets users link medical records and wellness apps to get personalised health insights and explanations. OpenAI says that this service is designed to help people understand their health and prepare for conversations with clinicians, but it is not intended as a tool for diagnosis or medical treatment.

Both companies emphasise strong privacy controls and user choice, but the rapid rollout of AI tools into sensitive health domains has sparked discussion about accuracy, safety and the limits of what such technology should be used for. Observers note that while these tools can make medical information more accessible, they should supplement, rather than replace, professional medical advice , and users should remain aware of potential inaccuracies in AI-generated explanations.

The developments mark a defining moment in the evolving role of generative AI in healthcare, with major tech labs racing to build products that could become part of how millions of people engage with their health and medical records in everyday life.

 Author: Oje. Ese