Athenahealth patients can ask Claude about their medical records now
ZDNET’s key takeaways
- Athenahealth patients can consult Anthropic’s Claude.
- The partnership provides the AI with access to sensitive health information.
- Athenahealth claims the data cannot be used to train Anthropic models.
A major US healthcare provider just teamed up with Anthropic to connect patient health records with Claude.
Athenahealth, a healthcare provider serving over 20% of the US population, launched a Model Context Protocol (MCP) compatible server that connects to Anthropic’s Claude. The server, named AthenaPatient MCP, allows the AI model to gather information from health records and answer related questions. The process is secure, according to Athenahealth, and requires patients to sign in with their account credentials.
AthenaPatient MCP is available only to Claude Pro and Claude Max users, which cost $20 and $100 per month, respectively. Not all Athenahealth patients will have their data shared with Claude, and not all Claude Pro and Claude Max users...
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