On AI scribes, members compared Freed, Heidi, Nabla and the Plaud device. Freed was winning for virtual visits, transcripts and informed consent documentation; Heidi was preferred for summaries and tables. Physical recording devices were losing ground to apps.
On HIPAA, members cautioned that not every AI workspace is HIPAA compliant. Google Workspace and Vertex AI (Gemini) were considered viable if configured correctly, and self-hosted n8n on AWS or GCP was named as the cleanest route to HIPAA-safe automations.
For clinical decision support, members compared OpenEvidence (literature-based and PubMed-grounded), ChatGPT (increasingly restrictive on medical questions) and Perplexity (strong on newer treatments). The shared rule: always double-check.
Key takeaways
- Pick a scribe by use case: virtual visits and consent versus summaries.
- Confirm HIPAA compliance and configuration before any patient data touches an AI tool.
- Use AI for decision support, then verify against the primary literature.
From Buzz in the chat, the longevitydocs™ Sunday newsletter, April 1, 2026. Member discussion, not clinical guidance.
Originally published in The Longevity Medicine Intelligence newsletter.
