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OpenAI announced the release of ChatGPT for Clinicians, which the company says can help providers obtain cited answers from medical sources and help with research and documentation in an environment where conversations are not used to train AI models.
"ChatGPT for Clinicians is designed for individual clinicians whose hospitals or clinics don't yet offer a centralized AI tool," the company said in a statement.
OpenAI said the platform is free for verified U.S. clinicians, and each ChatGPT for Clinicians response includes citations to journals, including authors, publication dates and titles for verification.
OpenAI classified clinicians as physicians (MD/DO), nurse practitioners, physician assistants, psychologists and other licensed clinicians. Clinicians are verified when signing up for the platform by using their National Provider Identifier (NPI).
The platform can also be used for common clinical workflow applications where ChatGPT can learn reusable skills and follow the same steps every time for prior authorizations, patient instructions and referral letters.
Clinicians can also earn CME credits by using the platform to review real clinical cases and conduct evidence reviews.
Clinicians can use the platform for research, allowing the AI to "steer the research" when needed and to produce a comprehensive, well-cited report in minutes.
"ChatGPT for Clinicians is designed to support real clinical work at the time of care, including evidence review, personalized diagnosis and treatment considerations, documentation drafting and patient education materials," OpenAI said in a statement.
"ChatGPT is intended to support – not replace – your professional judgment. You remain responsible for all clinical decisions and should independently verify information as appropriate. Many clinical tasks don't require entering PHI. If you need to include protected health information, HIPAA support is available if you are authorized to sign a Business Associate Agreement (BAA)."
THE LARGER TREND
In January, the tech giant launched ChatGPT for Healthcare, which is a separate, HIPAA-compliant enterprise tool for hospitals and health systems "deploying AI at scale to their clinicians, administrators and researchers."
That same month, OpenAI announced the launch of consumer-focused ChatGPT for Health, which allows users to upload their personal medical records to help them navigate their healthcare journey, alongside a partnership with health management platform b.well that allows individuals to connect their medical records to ChatGPT.
OpenAI said the platform includes protections beyond ChatGPT, such as purpose-built encryption and isolation to protect and compartmentalize healthcare-related conversations.
Last year, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman introduced OpenAI's latest version of its advanced AI chatbot, GPT-5, while touting that the conversational tool should be used to help individuals understand their healthcare and make decisions along their journey.
