Keey Highlights:
- Claude can now connect with Apple Health, Android Health Connect, HealthEx, and Function Health through new integrations.
- These integrations let Claude summarize medical history, explain lab results, and spot patterns across fitness and health data.
- All health integrations are opt-in, can be disconnected anytime, and user data is not used to train Claude’s models.
Earlier this month, OpenAI shared some shocking data claiming that nearly 40 million people are using ChatGPT to get their health queries answered daily. So, it’s quite clear that people are not just using AI for boosting their productivity or as a creativity tool. Healthcare was always the next frontier. After OpenAI launched ChatGPT Health, Anthropic followed the move and made a similar announcement. A few days back, the company announced Claude for Healthcare.
The company says that this new approach allows Claude to securely connect with your personal health data and help you better understand medical information. The rollout comes at a time when AI companies like OpenAI are increasingly penetrating sensitive domains like medicine, wellness, and clinical decision support.
Anthropic connects Claude to Apple and Android health data through new integrations
As part of this update, Anthropic has now introduced four new health integrations. Claude can now connect with Apple Health on iOS, Health Connect on Android, as well as HealthEx and Function Health via dedicated connectors. Anthropic, in its announcement, mentions that these integrations are available starting this week through the Claude iOS and Android apps, while HealthEx and Function Health are accessible via Claude connectors. For now, access is limited to Claude Pro and Team subscribers in the U.S.
This suggests that Anthropic is taking a cautious approach rather than a mass rollout. So what exactly can these integrations help you with? You must be wondering, right? Well, once connected, Claude can pull together fragmented health information and convert it into a full-fledged report. It can summarize your medical history and explain lab results in natural language so that you can understand them without any medical jargon. That’s not all; the AI assistant can also help you spot patterns across fitness and health metrics that might otherwise be easy to miss.
Claude can now securely connect to your health data.
— Claude (@claudeai) January 20, 2026
Four new integrations are now available in beta: Apple Health (iOS), Health Connect (Android), HealthEx, and Function Health. pic.twitter.com/tTCnxOGt7i
Anthropic says that the idea isn’t around diagnosis, but rather preparation. Claude is designed to help users walk into medical appointments better informed, with clear questions and a strong understanding of their own health data. As OpenAI continues to mention, its healthcare features are not here to replace doctors. Anthropic has a similar view on that. The AI instead directs users to healthcare professionals for personalized guidance.
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As OpenAI, Anthropic is doing this with privacy-first approach
This move suggests how major AI companies are approaching healthcare: they are being supportive and making users more educated about their health data. When it comes to privacy, Anthropic isn’t compromising on that front either. It should be noted that these health integrations are explicitly opt-in.
In other words, you can choose exactly what Claude can access. You can edit permissions or revoke them at any time. Anthropic says none of the connected health data is used to train its model. That’s a big assurance from a company that has an AI assistant trained on internet data.
