Healthcare IT
Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Kiro, Grok: HIPAA BAA in July 2026
Five coding tools, five different answers on HIPAA BAA coverage — with conditions that matter and vendor language that changed within the past month.
Vendor Management
Healthcare IT
Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI: BAA Coverage for Healthcare
Two of the three frontier-model coding CLIs are explicitly carved out of their vendor's HIPAA BAA, even when bundled into Enterprise seats. Here's what's actually buyable for healthcare today, what it costs at twenty-five seats, and why an individual Max plan plus AWS Bedrock might out-economize all three Enterprise tiers.
Technology
Crown Castle Fiber Sale Closes: What Customers Should Do
Crown Castle closed the $8.5B sale of its Fiber Solutions and Small Cells businesses on May 1. Zayo gets the fiber, EQT's Arium Networks gets the small cells. Bundled customers now have two counterparties. Practical guidance for IT teams with active Crown Castle MSAs.
Healthcare IT
Your PACS Should Handle 1,000 Prior Exams
A PACS application froze on a patient with 90 prior exams this morning. I've seen patients with over 100. Vendors need to design and test against 1,000 priors, not 10.
Healthcare IT
Enterprise AI Plans Are Harder to Get Than You'd Think
Two months into pricing a small Enterprise AI plan with a HIPAA BAA, one vendor has answered cleanly, one has answered with meetings, and one hasn't answered at all.
Technology
Adobe's Hundred-Dollar Creative Cloud
Adobe rebranded Creative Cloud as 'Creative Cloud Pro' and raised the teams price to $99.99/month per license. The question isn't what they added — it's whether the alternatives have caught up.
Technology
Outbound Sales Is Broken
Outbound sales is generating more harm than value. If you're a vendor trying to reach me, advertise. Don't call, don't email, don't message.
Healthcare IT
Microsoft Sunsets PowerScribe 360
After 15 years, Microsoft is ending PowerScribe 360. Support runs through August 2027, but the replacement is cloud-based, subscription-only, and non-negotiable.
Technology
Stop Paying for Leads That Poison Your Brand
Third-party lead generation is a waste of everyone's time and money. Here's why vendors should stop using it entirely.
Technology
No
Why I'm declining every unsolicited vendor meeting in 2026, and why you shouldn't take it personally.