Anthropic Launches Claude for Healthcare

Anthropic launched Claude for Healthcare with HIPAA-ready products and expanded Claude for Life Sciences with new connectors ranging from clinical trial management to regulatory operations - Claude for Healthcare connects to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Coverage Database, International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision codes, and National Provider Identifier Registry, with new Agent Skills for FHIR development and a sample prior authorization review skill that can be customized to organizations' policies - US Claude Pro and Max plan subscribers get beta access to HealthEx and Function connectors now, with Apple Health and Android Health Connect integrations rolling out in beta this week on iOS and Android apps for accessing lab results and health records - Claude for Life Sciences adds connectors to Medidata for trial data and site performance, ClinicalTrials[.]gov, ToolUniverse with 600+ vetted scientific tools, bioRxiv and medRxiv preprint servers, Open Targets, ChEMBL, and Owkin Pathology Explorer for tissue image analysis - New Agent Skills for scientific problem selection, converting instrument data to Allotrope, scVI-tools and Nextflow deployment for bioinformatics, and a sample skill for clinical trial protocol draft generation with endpoint recommendations accounting for regulatory pathways, competitive landscape, and FDA guidelines - Anthropic is hosting "The Briefing: Healthcare and Life Sciences", a free livestreamed virtual event on January 12 at 11:30 AM PST with Anthropic leadership and customer perspectives on AI in healthcare