Overview

ChatGPT for Clinicians is a version of ChatGPT for verified clinicians in the United States. It is designed to support clinical work at the time of care, including evidence review, documentation, and medical research.

It includes trusted clinical search, citations, pre-built skills, clinician-specific starter prompts, deep research, and support for earning continuing medical education (CME) credits on eligible clinical questions. It is intended to support, not replace, professional judgment. Clinicians remain responsible for all care decisions and should independently verify information as appropriate.

Availability

ChatGPT for Clinicians is free for verified clinicians in the United States. Eligible clinicians currently include physicians (MD/DO), nurse practitioners (NP), physician assistants (PA), and pharmacists.

ChatGPT for Clinicians is designed for individual use, including the ability to sign a Business Associate Agreement (BAA). For centralized deployment, admin controls, or a BAA that covers multiple users, see: ChatGPT for Healthcare.

Signing up for ChatGPT for Clinicians

Before you begin

To sign up, you need:

• A ChatGPT account.

• A valid NPI.

• A license that can be verified through the third-party verification provider.

Sign up for ChatGPT for Clinicians

1. Go to ChatGPT for Clinicians.

2. Sign in with your existing ChatGPT account, or create an account if you do not already have one.

3. Complete clinician verification through a third-party provider using your NPI.

4. Confirm that you are a licensed clinician and agree to the services agreement.

5. Select Get started with ChatGPT to create your ChatGPT for Clinicians workspace.

After you sign up, you are signed in to your new ChatGPT for Clinicians workspace. Your existing ChatGPT workspace remains available, and you can switch between workspaces from the account switcher.

What's included with ChatGPT for Clinicians

ChatGPT for Clinicians includes clinician-focused capabilities such as:

• Trusted clinical search with citations: Get answers based on medical sources, with citations that help you verify information or review the source directly.

• Deep research across medical literature: Review medical literature and generate cited research reports for more complex clinical or research questions.

• Pre-built skills and clinician-specific starter prompts: Use guided workflows and prompts designed for common clinical tasks.

• Documentation support: Draft notes, referrals, prior authorization letters, and patient instructions for clinician review.

• CME support: Earn CME credits on eligible clinical questions.

• Other ChatGPT features: Use custom GPTs, projects, connected apps, memory, and canvas.

Trusted clinical search

For clinical questions, ChatGPT can pull from trusted medical sources, including peer-reviewed studies, authoritative public health guidance, and clinical guidelines.

Responses include citations with source details such as titles, journals, authors, and publication dates, so clinicians can verify information or review the source directly. ChatGPT automatically determines which sources to use based on the prompt.

Deep research

Deep research helps clinicians review medical literature and generate cited research reports. It can help with questions that require more depth than a standard response, such as reviewing evidence across studies, guidelines, or clinical topics.

Clinicians should review cited sources before relying on deep research outputs in clinical care.

Skills, starter prompts, and documentation support

ChatGPT for Clinicians includes pre-built skills and clinician-specific starter prompts to help with common workflows.

Common ways to use ChatGPT for Clinicians include:

• Reviewing care pathways.

• Synthesizing evidence with citations.

• Reasoning through differentials.

• Drafting referral letters.

• Drafting prior authorization letters.

• Drafting patient instructions or plain-language explanations for review.

Other supported features

ChatGPT for Clinicians also supports custom GPTs, projects, connected apps, memory, and canvas.

Clinicians can create and use custom GPTs in ChatGPT for Clinicians. They can also use connected apps to bring relevant information into their workflows.

Unsupported features

Image generation is not supported in ChatGPT for Clinicians.

Privacy, training, and PHI

Is content shared with ChatGPT for Clinicians used to train OpenAI's models?

No. Content shared with ChatGPT for Clinicians is not used to train OpenAI's models.

Can I share protected health information in ChatGPT for Clinicians?

Many clinical tasks do not require entering protected health information (PHI).

Do not share PHI in ChatGPT for Clinicians unless a BAA is in place and you are authorized to sign a BAA for your account.

How do I get a BAA for ChatGPT for Clinicians?

Eligible individual clinicians can review and sign a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) for their ChatGPT for Clinicians workspace in ChatGPT under Settings > Agreements. If you need a BAA that covers multiple users, centralized controls, or organization-wide deployment, use ChatGPT for Healthcare.

When should I use ChatGPT for Healthcare instead?

If you need a BAA that covers multiple users, centralized controls, or organization-wide deployment, use ChatGPT for Healthcare.

Can I share PHI with third-party GPTs or connected apps?

Do not share PHI with third-party GPTs or connected apps unless you have the appropriate permissions and agreements in place.

Third-party GPTs and connected apps may have their own terms and privacy practices. Review those terms before using them with clinical or administrative workflows.

FAQ

Is ChatGPT for Clinicians free?

At launch, ChatGPT for Clinicians is free for verified clinicians in the United States.

Who can sign up for ChatGPT for Clinicians?

ChatGPT for Clinicians is available to verified clinicians in the United States.

To sign up, you need a ChatGPT account, a valid NPI, and a license that can be verified through the third-party verification provider.

Do I need a ChatGPT account?

Yes. You need a ChatGPT account to sign up for ChatGPT for Clinicians. You can sign in with an existing account or create a new one during signup.

What happens to my existing ChatGPT workspace?

Your existing ChatGPT workspace remains available. After you create your ChatGPT for Clinicians workspace, you can switch between workspaces from the account switcher.

Can I use ChatGPT for Clinicians if my organization uses ChatGPT for Healthcare?

Yes. Individual clinicians can sign up for ChatGPT for Clinicians even if their organization also uses ChatGPT for Healthcare.

I'm a clinician outside of the U.S. Am I allowed to sign up?

At launch, ChatGPT for Clinicians is available to verified clinicians in the United States.

OpenAI plans to expand access to additional countries over time.

How is ChatGPT for Clinicians different from ChatGPT for Healthcare?

ChatGPT for Clinicians is for individual clinicians in the United States who want self-serve access to a clinician-focused version of ChatGPT.

ChatGPT for Healthcare is for healthcare organizations that want to deploy ChatGPT across clinicians, administrators, and researchers with centralized administration, company-specific data connections, and enterprise security and compliance controls.

Where can I learn more about ChatGPT for Clinicians?

To learn more about ChatGPT for Clinicians, see our blog post: Making ChatGPT better for clinicians.