Artificial Intelligence Software Could Help Make Health Care Contracts Air-Tight

Health care providers enter into dozens of contracts with outside companies, like medical record disposal or storage entities, that have access to patients' medical information. Dan Mulholland, senior partner at the health law firm Horty Springer, said these contracts come and go so frequently that they're not always reviewed by a lawyer because of cost and time constraints. But even tiny errors in the documents can create huge liabilities if patient information is mishandled. "There have been some fines for privacy breaches, imposed under HIPAA, that have been in the millions of dollars," said Mulholland. Mulholland said AI software created by local start-up LegalSifter could provide a sort of advanced spell check to clients.