Vibe Coding a Healthcare App: HIPAA Compliance Checklist
Quick answer: Vibe coding platforms like Lovable, Replit, Bolt, and Cursor are fine for building a healthcare app — they just aren’t built to hold real patient data. This checklist walks through HIPAA Vault’s own eight-point “AI-to-HIPAA Migration Checklist,” the same one used to take a vibe-coded prototype from sandbox to a genuinely HIPAA-compliant production... Continue reading
How Much Does a HIPAA Violation Cost? Fines, Cases, and Prevention
HIPAA violation fines range from $145 to $73,011 per violation, depending on the level of culpability, with annual caps adjusted periodically for inflation — reaching over $2.1 million for the most serious violations. A single enforcement action in 2024 resulted in a $4.75 million penalty against Montefiore Medical Center, exceeding the HHS Office for Civil... Continue reading
Is Cursor HIPAA Compliant? Vibe Coding Tools for Healthcare Compared
Short answer: Cursor is not HIPAA compliant, and Anysphere (the company behind it) doesn’t offer a Business Associate Agreement (BAA). Cursor has strong general-purpose security — SOC 2 Type II certification, AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.2+ in transit, SSO/SCIM, and a zero-data-retention Privacy Mode — but none of that satisfies HIPAA, which requires a... Continue reading
Is WhatsApp HIPAA Compliant?
No — WhatsApp is not HIPAA compliant. WhatsApp uses end-to-end encryption, which sounds secure — but encryption alone does not make a platform HIPAA compliant. WhatsApp is owned by Meta and does not offer a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) under any plan, including WhatsApp Business and WhatsApp Business API. Without a BAA, no healthcare organization... Continue reading