About Mike Runquist
Mike Runquist is a healthcare compliance and AI governance expert with decades of experience across national health plans, multi-site physician groups, and digital health organizations. He has served in the roles of Chief Compliance Officer, Vice President of Compliance, and Plan Compliance Officer, bringing a rare combination of regulatory depth and practical operational experience at the intersection of artificial intelligence and patient care.
The AI-Empowered Patient emerges from a career spent at the intersection of regulatory rigor and human-centered care, and from a conviction that the patients who navigate the healthcare system most successfully are those who show up informed, prepared, and empowered to advocate for themselves.
Credentials and Expertise
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Certifications
Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC)
Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E)
Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)
AI Practitioner in Healthcare (AIP-HC™)
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Academic
Master of Legal Studies - Arizona State University
B.S. Management - University of Maryland
Chief Privacy Officer Program - UC Berkeley Law
AI in Healthcare Certificate - Johns Hopkins University
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Published Work
Journal of Participatory Medicine
JMIR AI
Springer AI and Ethics
The AI-Empowered Patient
The AI-Empowered Patient Workbook
Consulting
Working With Healthcare Organizations
JMR Consultancy LLC provides fractional compliance, privacy, and AI governance services to healthcare organizations navigating the complex regulatory and ethical landscape of artificial intelligence in clinical and administrative settings.
Services include compliance program development, AI governance framework design, privacy program assessment, and interim CCO and CPO support for health plans, physician groups, and digital health organizations.
Healthcare organizations interested in consulting services are welcome to reach out directly.
An informed patient is a safer patient.
Everything on this site exists to serve that conviction. Free guides, practical tools, peer-reviewed research, and a complete framework for navigating AI in your healthcare — all built around one mission.