Do not use event-triggered tasks for PHI in healthcare workspaces
Healthcare users must avoid transmitting or processing protected health information with event-triggered tasks.
Do not use event-triggered tasks to transmit, store, or process protected health information (PHI).
In ChatGPT for Healthcare workspaces, event-triggered tasks are off by default and not covered under a Business Associate Agreement (BAA), meaning they are not HIPAA compliant for PHI.
A healthcare professional should not set up an event-triggered task to monitor patient messages if those messages contain PHI.
Healthcare professionals using ChatGPT must not use event-triggered tasks for handling protected health information (PHI). These tasks are not HIPAA compliant in healthcare workspaces and are disabled by default.
- Scheduled tasks in ChatGPT ↗OpenAI · OpenAI Help Center · Sep 6, 2026 · paraphrased
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- Scheduled tasks in ChatGPTOpenAI · OpenAI Help Center · Sep 6, 2026
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