A pile of health data is only useful if it can tell a story.
Microsoft has unveiled Copilot Health, a separate, secure space within Copilot that pulls in data from sources such as Apple Health, Fitbit, and thousands of US hospitals to turn scattered records into personalized health insights.
With Copilot Health, the tech giant is carving out a more specialized AI experience centered on personal health. The product begins by pulling together key health information from across a user’s digital life into one place.
From fragmented inputs to a fuller health picture
Microsoft is giving Copilot Health a wider field to work with.
The product can connect with more than 50 wearable devices. Aside from Apple Health and Fitbit, Copilot Health also connects with Oura and can pull in visit summaries, medication lists, and test results from more than 50,000 US hospitals and provider organizations through HealthEx. It also reaches into comprehensive lab results from Function, adding another layer of detail to the picture.
That mix gives the product access to both day-to-day health patterns and more formal medical context, bringing sleep, activity, care history, and lab results into a single view.
Giving Copilot Health a more credible voice
Copilot Health is also being built to sound less like a confident generalist. Microsoft says responses can include cited health information, while answer cards from Harvard Health add another layer of medical grounding to what users see.
The company is connecting Copilot Health to the next step in care. The tool can help users find clinicians by using insurance information and provider directories, giving it a more concrete role in preparing for care. Copilot Health can also help people show up to appointments with a better handle on their records, questions, and next steps.
Microsoft puts limits around the health assistant
Microsoft is keeping tighter boundaries around this version of Copilot.
The product is isolated from the general Copilot and subject to additional access, privacy, and safety controls, with encryption in transit and at rest, and strict access controls. It also gives users the option to manage, delete, or instantly disconnect their health-data connectors. Information in Copilot Health is not used for model training.
The company is not throwing the doors open all at once. Copilot Health is beginning with a phased rollout and a waitlist, launching first in English in the US for adults 18 and older. Future features that draw on its broader health AI ambitions will be added only after rigorous clinical evaluations and with clear labeling.
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