Microsoft has just introduced something pretty interesting called Copilot Health, and it’s basically a brand-new feature inside Microsoft’s AI assistant that acts like a personal health hub. Think of it as a place where your health information finally comes together in one spot. Instead of having your medical records in one place, lab results somewhere else, and fitness data spread across different apps, Copilot Health pulls everything together and uses AI to help you understand it. Getting started is simple—you just create a dedicated tab in Copilot and give permission for it to connect to your health data sources.
Once you allow access, the system can bring in electronic health records from more than 50,000 hospitals and clinics across the United States through a partner company called HealthEx. It can also import lab results from companies like Function. On top of that, it connects to over 50 different fitness devices and health platforms. That includes things like Apple Health, Oura rings, and Fitbit wearables. Once connected, the AI can look at information such as your sleep patterns, heart rate, step counts, and daily activity levels.
What makes this really useful is what happens next. Copilot Health analyzes all that data and turns it into simple summaries that are actually easy to understand. Instead of digging through dozens of reports, the AI highlights patterns you might never notice on your own. For example, it might connect a stretch of poor sleep to changes in your daily activity or something else in your health history. It also pulls together lab results that were originally stored separately and checks for possible connections between them. And when it gives explanations, it backs them up with references from trusted medical sources, including insights from Harvard Health Publishing.
One of the main goals here is to help people prepare for doctor visits. A lot of us show up to appointments and suddenly forget half the things we wanted to ask. Copilot Health helps organize your health information ahead of time and even suggests questions you might want to discuss with your doctor based on your own data. There’s also a built-in tool that helps you find doctors by specialty, location, languages spoken, and whether they accept your insurance.
Of course, whenever health data is involved, privacy is a huge concern. Microsoft says all Copilot Health conversations are kept completely separate from normal Copilot chats. Your data is encrypted both while it’s being stored and while it’s being transferred. You also stay fully in control—meaning you can disconnect any data source, delete stored information, or stop sharing at any time. Microsoft also says this information will never be used to train its larger AI models. The system even received certification under the ISO/IEC 42001 framework, which focuses on responsible AI practices, and more than 230 doctors from around the world reviewed the system to help make it safer.
This launch also comes at a time when AI companies are racing to build healthcare tools. Companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Amazon are already developing systems that can manage personal health information securely. Microsoft says Copilot Health is just a small step toward helping people understand their health data better. But they’re also clear about one thing—it’s not meant to diagnose medical conditions or replace doctors.
For now, Copilot Health is only available in English and limited to users over 18 in the United States. If you’re interested, there’s currently a waitlist where early users can sign up and help shape how the feature develops. Microsoft says the plan is to expand it over time with more languages, voice features, and availability in other parts of the world. So this could just be the beginning of how AI helps us understand our health a little better.
