The AI tool directory
Vendor facts only, each one dated and linked to the vendor's own terms. Nothing here is a statement about what you are allowed to do.
Directory
All 19 tools
Tool data postures reviewed by Hillary Lin, MD — dates shown per claim.
| Tool | Best for | Data posture | Access | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI API | Building your own tool or workflow on GPT models | Will sign a BAAVerified 2026-08-06 · scope and sourceBAA on request by emailing baa@openai.com — no enterprise agreement needed. Most API services covered, with a few exceptions. source | Anyone | Usage-based |
| ChatGPT (Plus, Pro, Business) | General writing, explaining, and summarising | No BAA — de-identify firstVerified 2026-08-06 · scope and sourceNo BAA on Plus, Pro, or Business — not even the paid Business tier. source | Anyone | $20/mo |
| ChatGPT for Clinicians | Clinical work in ChatGPT without an enterprise contract | Will sign a BAAVerified 2026-08-06 · scope and sourceSeparate in-product BAA flow for eligible individual clinicians — no sales-managed account required. source | Verified clinicians | See vendor |
| ChatGPT Enterprise / Edu | Organisation-wide rollout with administrative control | Will sign a BAAVerified 2026-08-06 · scope and sourceBAA only for sales-managed Enterprise or Edu accounts. Self-serve sign-up does not qualify. source | Enterprise sales | Contact sales |
| Claude (Pro, Team) | Long documents, protocols, and drafting in a careful voice | No BAA — de-identify firstVerified 2026-08-06 · scope and sourceNo BAA on Pro, Team, or Cowork — only on the API and HIPAA-ready Enterprise. source | Anyone | $20/mo |
| Claude Enterprise (HIPAA-ready) | Team rollout where the work itself involves patient information | Will sign a BAAVerified 2026-08-06 · scope and sourceCovered once the Primary Owner activates HIPAA. Chat, Projects, Artifacts, Voice, Search, Research and Skills are in; Computer Use, Web Fetch, Files and Batch APIs are not. source | Enterprise sales | Contact sales |
| Claude API | Building your own tool or workflow on Claude models | Will sign a BAAVerified 2026-08-06 · scope and sourceMessages API and related endpoints eligible once a BAA is signed via sales. Covered models require 30-day retention, not zero data retention. source | Anyone | Usage-based |
| Claude Code | Building a small internal tool, or getting answers out of a messy file | Will sign a BAAVerified 2026-08-06 · scope and sourceCovered under a BAA with zero data retention enabled. Remote mode, the web version, and the review and security tools are excluded. source | Anyone | $20/mo |
| Freed | Drafting the visit note while you talk | Will sign a BAAVerified 2026-08-06 · scope and sourceBAA is part of the platform terms, covered from account creation. Larger organisations can request a separate signed agreement. source | Anyone | ~$99/mo |
| Gemini (consumer) | General assistance on a free or personal Google account | No BAA — de-identify firstVerified 2026-08-06 · scope and sourceNo BAA on a personal Google account. Gemini is Included Functionality under Google’s HIPAA Business Associate Addendum only for a signed Google Workspace or Cloud Identity account — see Gemini in Workspace. source | Anyone | $20/mo |
| Gemini in Workspace | Assistance and embedded AI features inside a managed Google Workspace account | Will sign a BAAVerified 2026-08-06 · scope and sourceCovered once a Workspace or Cloud Identity admin signs Google’s Business Associate Addendum. The Included Functionality list names the "Gemini app" and "Gemini in Workspace" specifically, and excludes Gemini in Chrome. Needs an organisation-managed account, never a personal Google account. source | Enterprise sales | Included in Workspace plans |
| OpenEvidence | Clinical questions answered from the published literature | Will sign a BAAVerified 2026-08-06 · scope and sourceStandard BAA covers any covered entity that transmits PHI — the same free, NPI-verified account every clinician signs up for, not a separate tier. source | Verified clinicians | Free |
| Consensus | Answering “does X actually help with Y?” from published studies | No BAA — de-identify firstVerified 2026-08-06 · scope and sourceNo BAA, HIPAA, or PHI mentioned in Consensus’s Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, or Security FAQ, on any plan. It commits to anonymising queries and never training on them. source | Anyone | Free tier |
| Elicit | Screening and extracting from a large set of papers | No BAA — de-identify firstVerified 2026-08-06 · scope and sourceNo BAA, HIPAA, or PHI in Elicit’s Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, or Data Processing Addendum — the DPA, for Team and Enterprise customers, covers GDPR/CCPA only. source | Anyone | Free tier + paid |
| NotebookLM | Interrogating a stack of documents you already trust | No BAA — de-identify firstVerified 2026-08-06 · scope and sourceAbsent from Google’s HIPAA Included Functionality list on every account type — even Workspace and Cloud Identity customers with a signed Business Associate Addendum for Gmail and Drive. Its own privacy and terms page makes no BAA or HIPAA claim. source | Anyone | Free |
| Abridge | Drafting the visit note while you talk | Will sign a BAAVerified 2026-08-06 · scope and sourceBAA is part of Abridge’s standard contract with Covered Entity customers. No self-serve tier — every engagement is a sales-managed health-system contract. source | Enterprise sales | $250–500/mo |
| Heidi | Ambient note-taking for solo and small practices | No BAA — de-identify firstVerified 2026-08-06 · scope and sourceThe default "Heidi Scribe Terms of Use" (Free and self-serve Clinician-plan sign-ups) lists GDPR, CCPA, and PIPEDA — never HIPAA or a BAA. A Business Associate Subcontractor Agreement exists only in a separate "Clinic agreement"; Heidi’s own pages don’t say which paid plan moves a customer onto it. source | Anyone | Free tier + ~$110/mo |
| Microsoft 365 Copilot | AI already inside Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams for a practice on Microsoft 365 | Will sign a BAAVerified 2026-08-06 · scope and sourceMicrosoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat are named in-scope services for Commercial and GCC Office 365 customers, covered by default under the Microsoft Online Services Data Protection Addendum — no separate sales BAA needed once an organization is a covered-entity or business-associate customer. Needs a commercial or GCC-managed tenant; a personal Microsoft account is not in scope. source | Enterprise sales | Copilot Chat included; full Copilot ~$30/user/mo add-on |
| Notion AI | Q&A, writing, and search inside a Notion workspace already used for docs and wikis | No BAA — de-identify firstVerified 2026-08-06 · scope and sourceA BAA is available only on the Enterprise plan, so no other plan is covered at all. On Enterprise, Notion states that "Any Beta Services are not covered by the BAA" but does not say whether Notion AI counts as one — its own page leaves the AI unaddressed. source | Anyone | AI add-on on paid plans |
What this column is. Each vendor’s published terms as of the date shown — not a statement about your obligations. Terms change; verify before you rely on it. Not legal advice.
Not yet reviewed
These came up in research. No data posture has been verified for them.
- Gemini on Vertex AIBuild & automate
Calling Gemini models by API to build a tool or workflow
- Zoom AI CompanionAssistants
Meeting summaries, chat drafting, and email summaries inside Zoom
- Slack AIAssistants
Search, thread summaries, and daily recaps inside a Slack workspace
- Hippocratic AIPractice ops
Patient-facing voice calls for intake, follow-up, and reminders
- DermaSensorImaging
Point-of-care assessment of a suspicious skin lesion
Whether any of this applies to you depends on who you are. A BAA only matters if you need one, and plenty of people working in health are not covered entities — which is not the same as having no obligations. Who this applies to →