Tag: healthcare-ai

A signed BAA makes a Claude healthcare workflow legal, not safe. The engineering work is keeping protected health information away from the model. Three design patterns do most of that: de-identify before the model, keep PHI local, and log what the model saw.

Mid-size healthcare organizations face an impossible choice between modern AI tools and HIPAA compliance. Claude works in healthcare, but you need a Business Associate Agreement and proper safeguards. OCR enforces missing BAAs with multi-million dollar settlements. Here is how to implement defensible controls without enterprise budgets or dedicated compliance staff.