Episode #20
AI in Medical Practices: HIPAA Risks, Smart Adoption, and the Long Game
AI can feel like a mountain, especially in a highly regulated space like healthcare, and the instinct is either to avoid it entirely or go all in on it. Both, it turns out, are a mistake. In this episode, Zed and Paul sit down with Sarah Wimberley, an upcoming Ascent Conference speaker, to talk through what it actually means to keep a human in the loop as AI moves into medical practices. Sarah unpacks the hidden compliance traps that catch practices off guard, from AI scribes to the meeting-recording tools that aren't HIPAA compliant straight out of the box, and why building a base layer of AI literacy matters when patients start asking where their data is going. She digs into the real business case, which is rarely an overnight cost savings and almost always a long game measured in reduced burnout, higher retention, and hours handed back to clinicians. And they land on the lens that should guide every decision: if a technology benefits the business but makes things worse for the patient, it wasn't worth it. If your practice hasn't touched AI yet, or you're already using it and want to make sure you're doing it right, this one will help you navigate the road ahead before you find yourself wishing you'd done things differently. Catch Sarah's session at the upcoming Ascent Conference, "From Spider Sense to Systems Sense: Navigating Ethical AI"
