HIPAA Compliant AI Development: Requirements & Security Best Practices

The healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) market is exploding: in 2025, the market is worth $21.66 billion and is expected to reach $148.4 billion by 2029 . Rapid growth brings massive responsibility: protecting patients’ data even as we reach AI’s full potential. Building HIPAA-compliant AI models necessitates more than an appreciation for the regulatory requirements; it also requires technical safety measures as well as best practices for implementing those safety measures with an eye towards protecting patient privacy and enabling innovation. Understanding HIPAA Compliant Healthcare Apps The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) defines national standards for safeguarding Protected Health Information (PHI), which is any information that may be used to identify patients and their health status, treatment, or payments. AI tools that may handle PHI must abide by the three major rules of HIPAA: The Privacy Rule sets standards for the use and d...