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From OpenAI's VP of Health Nate Gross · · The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast

“Job one for us is triage and translation. We see a lot of queries around like what does this mean and or what is this thing I'm feeling? What is this lab I received? What is this word that the doctor said? Um you know it's the kind of stuff that would be a a Google search in in the past but that Google search had amnesia and it didn't know if they were 20 or 70 or have any of their their personal context.”

Nate Gross
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, DOXIMITY INC
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On , Nate Gross, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at DOXIMITY INC, spoke about patient care during OpenAI's VP of Health Nate Gross on The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast.

OpenAI's VP of Health Nate Gross
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OpenAI's VP of Health Nate Gross
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Is ChatGPT now the world's largest health app? Forty million people use ChatGPT for health-related questions every day, making it one of the most widely used tools for health information in the world. So what is their team doing to maximize impact and minimize harm? In this full circle episode, Halle Tecco sits down with her Rock Health co-founder Nate Gross, who also co-founded Doximity (DOCS) and is now VP of Health at OpenAI. They discuss the astonishing speed of AI progress, how models are trained for safety and accuracy, and what this technological evolution means for every part of the healthcare system. We cover: How ChatGPT is becoming a 24/7 front door for health questions, and whether it is replacing Dr. Google or starting to compete with the healthcare system itself How OpenAI is trying to reduce hallucinations, avoid sycophantic behavior, and build guardrails for sensitive use cases like mental health OpenAI’s goals to “raise the floor, sweep the floor, and raise the ceiling” with new product launches like ChatGPT for Clinicians and GPT-Rosalind How Nate thinks about the AI race and what winning in healthcare actually requires Where startups should focus their efforts now that specialized products are launching for clinicians and life sciences The single hardest problem in healthcare that AI, according to Nate, probably won't fix anytime soon About our guest: Dr. Nate Gross is the VP of Health at OpenAI. He previously co-founded Doximity and Rock Health. He graduated from the Emory University School of Medicine with an MD, Harvard Business School with an MBA, and Claremont McKenna College with a BA in Government. He serves as affiliated faculty for the Clinical Informatics Fellowship at Stanford.
Nate Gross

About Nate Gross

Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer · DOXIMITY INC

Nate Gross, co-founder and chief strategy officer at Doximity, appeared on the Heart of Healthcare podcast in April 2026, discussing his role as Vice President of Health at OpenAI. Gross stated that 40 million people use ChatGPT for health-related questions daily, and that the company views this as a responsibility to build healthcare apps. He described the development of HealthBench, a tool created with hundreds of physicians using thousands of clinical scenarios to train models on when to ask for context or express uncertainty. Gross addressed the use of AI in mental health, characterizing it as "a story of support, not substitution" and said the goal is for ChatGPT to respond "supportively, safely." He noted that nearly a quarter of American adults have used AI for mental health concerns, according to a Gallup poll. On the topic of AI prescribing, Gross suggested that certain areas like medication refills may be solved by AI, while other areas like chemotherapy remain "a very human experience." He also commented on healthcare incentives, stating that technology "doesn't fix who pays" or "who's accountable," and called for continued national conversations around incentive alignment.

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