Helping Decode the New OS of Healthcare

I translate complex technological shifts into insights for curious minds.

I lead 818 Research, LLC. I am running an open source project involving cardiology data. If you are interested in China, AI, and healthcare, considering reading the working paper The Dragon In Healthcare.

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Everyone is talking about artificial intelligence, but few are explaining how to oversee it.

The existing literature tends to be either abstract theory or vendor-driven hype. What was missing was a clear, structured guide tailored to healthcare organizations. This report attempts to fill that gap.

AI governance may seem nebulous now, even intimidating. But it won’t remain optional.

Be it a clinical decision support tool, a patient-facing chatbot, or a system predicting readmissions, someone will be held accountable for what that tool does. Understanding this space is no longer a luxury. It’s a core duty of modern hospital leadership. Download the first 3 chapters here. Full edited book will be published soon.

Book cover titled "Clear & To The Point" with subtitle "Ethics, Oversight, Compliance, Strategy" and the large text "A.I. Governance For Hospitals" by Ron Galloway.

Available here as open resources April 10

Book cover titled 'Decoding I.T. Terms For Hospital Boards' with the subtitle 'Tech Terms For Trustees,' authored by Ron Galloway, with the phrase 'Clear & to the Point' at the top.
Book cover titled "Clear & To The Point: A Field Guide For Curious Minds" by Ron Galloway, with the subtitle "AI, Clear & To The Point" and mentioning the author as Director of Why Walmart Works.
Book cover titled "Clear & To The Point: Compounding Time with A.I. You, Multiplied" by Ron Galloway.

I am a graduate of Georgia Tech. My background is institutional analysis, including tenure as a research analyst at Shearson/American Express and a decade at a quantitative RIA. In 2006, I founded the institutional research firm 818 Research LLC, which provides data and research to investment advisors.

My work in artificial Intelligence and machine learning spans 38 years, beginning with programming in Turbo Prolog at Shearson in my mid-20s. I am the author of several books on technology and have produced three documentaries.

My work has been featured by global media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CNN, CNBC, the BBC, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.