This week on The Digital Pulse, we sat down with @tdazad, @suchisaria, and @HealthPrivacy to ask what Henrietta Lacks can teach us about medical AI. We got into why HIPAA may not be enough for the era of generative AI, whether meaningful informed consent is possible at the scale modern AI requires, what patients should know about where their data goes, and who should decide when health data can be commercialized. And whether the answer is more consent—or more transparency. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:22 Ethics and privacy concerns 02:49 What Henrietta Lacks can teach us about AI 06:21 Is HIPAA enough? 10:14 Data brokers and where health data comes from 11:30 Patient data and AI 15:35 The limits of informed consent 17:15 What real data transparency could look like 22:52 Can transparency work at the bedside? 25:05 Commercialization and ethics boards 28:51 Independent vs. university ethics boards 32:28 Building a clinical intelligence platform 37:03 Tech mindset vs. regulation 40:00 The cost of bureaucracy 42:11 Closing thoughts