PlainSpeak is run by Jody Elliott, who serves as AI & Automation Director at a 100-person epigenetics & biological age testing company. Day-to-day work means rolling out Enterprise Claude across the org, writing AI governance, training clinical and ops teams, and navigating the actual mechanics of BAAs, PHI handling, and vendor evaluation. That experience — not a certification — is what you’re hiring.
“I’m not your HIPAA lawyer. I’m the person who makes sure the AI tools you adopt won’t make your HIPAA lawyer’s job harder.”
Active operator, not former practitioner. Still doing this work daily for ~100 users on Enterprise Claude. Not selling a 2022 playbook.
HIPAA-aware by default. First-hand experience negotiating BAAs, evaluating vendors, and architecting workflows that keep PHI out of the wrong places.
Built around your team, not around us. Every recommendation is something your staff can own and maintain. No bespoke automations you’ll be locked into.
Clinical workflow literacy. Lab interpretation, intake, SOAP notes, follow-ups, supplement protocols — we know what your staff actually does, because we work in the same world.
A 6-minute walkthrough: who I am, what the audit actually asks, what you’ll get back, and what happens if you decide to keep going. No upsell theater — just a plain-English overview from a real person.
Skip the video, take the audit →Most AI consultants will sell you tools. We start by telling you what to stop doing. These are the patterns we see most often in functional medicine and integrative practices that have started using AI without a governance plan.
Free or Pro ChatGPT has no BAA. Pasting patient labs, intake responses, or visit notes into a personal account is a HIPAA exposure most practices don’t realize they have. Your team is probably already doing it.
Otter, Fireflies, and similar tools have a mix of BAA availability and policies that change quarterly. Recording patient encounters with the wrong tool — even internally — is one of the easiest ways to create a breach without knowing it.
If your staff is summarizing patient threads or drafting replies with an AI feature inside Gmail, Outlook, or your CRM — check the BAA on the AI feature, not just the email host. They’re often different.
The audit is a guided conversation with an AI assistant that’s been configured specifically for functional medicine and integrative practices. It asks about your specialty, your workflows, your current AI usage, and your concerns — then produces a report you can actually act on.
Specialty, team size, EHR, current tools, top frustrations. About 3 minutes.
Intake, lab review, follow-ups, internal ops. We surface where AI fits — and where it doesn’t.
Readiness scores, top opportunities (with PHI flags), tool recommendations, and rough time-savings.
Use it as a self-serve roadmap, or book a call to talk about doing the work together.