Microsoft has introduced Copilot Health a dedicated secure area within its Copilot chatbot for handling personal health questions. The new feature allows users to ask about lab results review medical records search for doctors and analyze data from wearable devices. Reports Theverge.com.
The tool which is rolling out gradually lets people join a waitlist for early access. Users can connect medical records from more than 50000 US hospitals and healthcare providers through services like HealthEx and Function. It also works with over 50 wearable devices including those from Apple Oura and Fitbit showing details such as daily step counts and appointment reminders.
Copilot Health helps users find medical professionals by searching real time directories based on specialty location languages spoken and accepted insurance plans. The company says the chatbot does not replace a doctor and should not be used for diagnoses or treatments but rather to better understand health information.
Microsoft has improved answer quality by pulling data from trusted health organizations in 50 countries. Responses include citations and expert written cards from Harvard Health. All chats stay separate from regular Copilot with extra privacy controls and are not used to train AI models. Users can delete their health data or disconnect sources at any time.
The announcement comes shortly after OpenAI released a similar ChatGPT Health feature. Unlike some competing health AI tools Microsofts version is not currently HIPAA compliant for direct consumer use.
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