Apple Intelligence and HIPAA

[southerndoc]

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Something occurred to me today. We use a secure chat platform (PerfectServe) for all our hospital communications. By default, Apple has Apple Intelligence enabled to learn from apps. This was turned on when I installed iOS 26, but I turned it off for apps that contain HIPAA information (PerfectServe, Epic Haiku, etc.).

How many of you turn these things off so Apple Intelligence doesn't learn from the app or analyze data from it? I am unsure if Apple has ensured third-party audits/HITECH compliance audits to ensure HIPAA information is secure.

Do any of you work in health systems that have a policy regarding this?

 

[ERMudPhud]

I don't use iPhone and I don't know enough about this to say much more but I'm hoping TigerText, EPIC(Haiku) and the rest of the ecosystem that markets itself to healthcare has some way of ensuring that the apps they create are HIPAA compliant.

 

[RustedFox]

We simply use the "First three, First three" and a MRN for patient ID over regular SMS text. Our people say it's okay.

Like, if my name were RUSTED FOX, the admission text would look like this:

FOX, RUS
MRN = 999 888 777 2
Admit: Pneumonia.