HIPAA-Compliant AI Receptionist: What Dental Practices Must Check
What makes an AI receptionist HIPAA-compliant for a dental practice: BAA, encryption, access controls, retention, and audit logs. A rigorous checklist.
Author: Dr. Vidhi Bhanushali, BDS
Dr. Vidhi Bhanushali is the co-founder and CEO of scanO, an AI oral healthcare company working to make dental screening more accessible and more preventive. A dentist and a gold medalist in Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, she built and ran her own dental practice before moving into healthcare technology. She leads scanO's clinical, product, and partnership work.