Episode 233 – In the Age of AI, Healthcare Privacy Goes Beyond HIPAA

The Big Unlock · Lucia C. Savage, Founder and CEO, Savage Healthcare Strategies

In this episode, Lucia Savage, Founder and CEO of Savage Healthcare Strategies, examines how AI and consumer health technologies are challenging traditional approaches to healthcare privacy and regulation.

Lucia explains why HIPAA alone cannot address the evolving digital health landscape and how state privacy laws are expanding consumer protections. She emphasizes the importance of understanding the entire health data lifecycle, particularly as AI models introduce new risks around data reuse and re-identification.

The conversation explores patient consent, transparency in AI-enabled interactions, and the responsibility of developers to build appropriate safeguards into their solutions. Lucia also advocates empowering patients to use AI tools with guidance from healthcare professionals. Her message to healthcare leaders is that thoughtful regulation and responsible innovation can coexist, with privacy and trust becoming competitive advantages. Take a listen.