Anthropic introduced Claude for Healthcare, an AI-based toolkit that helps healthcare providers, payers and patients[1][2][5]. The tools are ready for HIPAA standards and allow the use of the Claude model for medical purposes[1][2][4]. They include connections to medical databases such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Coverage Database, ICD-10 codes, the National Provider Identifier Registry, and PubMed[2]. The goal is to expedite approval of prior authorizations, patient care coordination, and regulatory submissions[1][2]. These tools reduce the administrative burden and help to better understand health information[1][2]. They presented themselves at the beginning of the J.P. conference. Morgan Healthcare Conference in 2026[5]. The extension builds on the previous Claude for Life Sciences focused on research and drug discovery[2]. The Claude Opus 4.5 model shows better performance on medical tasks with fewer errors[2].