Just five days after OpenAI announced ChatGPT Health, Anthropic responded with Claude for Healthcare on January 12, 2026. The healthcare AI race is officially on.
U.S. subscribers of Claude Pro and Max plans can give Claude secure access to:
Lab results and health records via HealthEx and Function
Apple Health integration (rolling out)
Android Health Connect integration (rolling out)
When connected, Claude can:
Summarize users’ medical history
Explain test results in plain language
Detect patterns across fitness and health metrics
Prepare questions for appointments
Enterprise Healthcare Push
Anthropic also announced Claude in Microsoft Foundry with advanced reasoning, agentic workflows, and model intelligence purpose-built for healthcare and life sciences industries.
The Competitive Context
OpenAI revealed that 230 million users ask health questions weekly on ChatGPT. Both companies see healthcare as a major growthopportunity—and a test of which AI can build trust in high-stakes domains.
Gennaro is the creator of FourWeekMBA, which reached about four million business people, comprising C-level executives, investors, analysts, product managers, and aspiring digital entrepreneurs in 2022 alone | He is also Director of Sales for a high-tech scaleup in the AI Industry | In 2012, Gennaro earned an International MBA with emphasis on Corporate Finance and Business Strategy.
