OpenEvidence Multi-Environment Setup Overview OpenEvidence clinical AI requires strict environment separation to maintain HIPAA compliance across the data lifecycle. Development uses only synthetic patient data with no PHI access, staging operates on de-identified datasets for clinical validation, and production handles full PHI under BAA-covered infrastructure. Each environment enforces its own audit logging, encryption, and access control policies. Misconfigured environments risk PHI exposure and regulatory violations, making environment validation a hard requirement at startup. Environment…