HIPAA & compliance
Private AI for work that gets audited.
LocalAIBox is an on-premises AI appliance from Mako Logics built for HIPAA, GLBA, and other regulated work. It runs entirely on hardware you own, so protected health information never leaves your network — and because no third party ever receives your data, there is no cloud AI vendor to sign a Business Associate Agreement with.
Cloud AI needs a BAA. On your own box, there's no AI vendor to sign one.
Cloud AI (ChatGPT, etc.)
Your prompts and documents leave your network and are processed by a third party. You must have that vendor sign a Business Associate Agreement before any PHI is entered — and trust them to honor it.
LocalAIBox
Everything runs on hardware you own. No third party receives your PHI, so there is no AI vendor to sign a BAA with. Your data never trains anyone's model.
One note for completeness: if you bring in a managed-IT provider for support that could touch systems holding PHI, that support relationship should have its own BAA between your organization and that provider. That's separate from the AI tool itself — and something Mako Logics will walk you through.
The safeguards a compliance program needs — built in.
Each HIPAA expectation, and how LocalAIBox is designed to meet it.
No third-party data processor
LocalAIBox runs on hardware you own. PHI never leaves your network and is never sent to a cloud AI provider — so there is no AI vendor to sign a BAA with, and your data is never used to train anyone's model.
Minimum necessary
Role-based access and per-conversation scoping mean staff and the model only touch the data needed for the task at hand — not your entire record system.
Human-in-the-loop
AI assists with transcription, drafting, and summaries. Licensed professionals review and own every clinical decision and anything entered into the record. Nothing is autonomous.
Encryption in transit & at rest
Staff reach the box over TLS on your LAN, and keys and secrets are encrypted on disk — never stored in plain text.
Audit trails
Every interaction is logged — who used it, what was processed, and when — so your compliance team has a clear, reviewable trail.
Air-gap capable
LocalAIBox can run with no internet connection at all. When there's no outbound path, there's nothing to leak.
Straight answers for regulated teams.
- Is LocalAIBox HIPAA compliant?
- LocalAIBox provides the technical safeguards a HIPAA compliance program relies on — on-premises processing, PII/PHI redaction, role-based access, full audit logging, and encryption in transit and at rest. Because it runs entirely on hardware you own, protected health information (PHI) never leaves your network. HIPAA compliance is ultimately the covered entity's responsibility; LocalAIBox is built to support that program, not to replace it, and it is not a certification.
- Do we need a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) to use LocalAIBox?
- Not with an AI vendor. Because LocalAIBox runs on your own hardware and no third party receives your PHI, there is no cloud AI provider to sign a BAA with — unlike ChatGPT or other cloud AI services, where a BAA is mandatory before any PHI can be entered. Separately, if you engage a managed-IT provider for support that could access systems holding PHI, that support relationship should be covered by its own BAA between your organization and that provider.
- Can a mental health or psychiatric practice use LocalAIBox?
- Yes. Behavioral health and psychotherapy notes are among the most sensitive records there are and cannot be pasted into a public chatbot. Because LocalAIBox runs on-premises and can be fully air-gapped, clinical staff can use AI for drafting, summarizing, and document analysis while every prompt, note, and answer stays inside your own network.
- Does AI replace clinical judgment with LocalAIBox?
- No. LocalAIBox is a human-in-the-loop tool. It assists with transcription, drafting, and summaries, but licensed professionals review and own every clinical decision and anything added to the medical record. AI output should always be verified before it is used.
- Is LocalAIBox suitable for GLBA, legal, and financial work too?
- Yes. The same on-premises architecture that supports HIPAA also supports GLBA for insurance and finance, and attorney-client confidentiality for legal work. Keeping regulated data inside your own walls — data sovereignty — is the core design principle.
LocalAIBox provides technical features that support your compliance program; it is not a certification and does not by itself make your organization HIPAA, GLBA, or otherwise compliant. Compliance remains your responsibility. Nothing on this page is legal advice.
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