Guides and notes from the build
Plain-English writing on AI, software, and what it takes to ship it in a small or mid-sized company. A short shelf so far. More are on the way, and each one will be something we would hand to a client.
Guides
What a long-horizon clinical registry needs from its software
Purpose, the case report form, ten years of follow-up, change, patient data, exports for analysis, and what changes when the data will face the FDA.
October 16, 2026 · ~9 min readDoes adding AI make our software a medical device?
How the FDA decides, what changed in the January 2026 Clinical Decision Support guidance, worked examples from real product types, and how to answer the question before you build.
October 15, 2026 · ~8 min readHIPAA and AI: what a small healthcare company should expect from its AI vendor
Business Associate Agreements, which AI services are actually covered, where your data lives, audit logs, and what the proposed HIPAA Security Rule changes would mean.
July 8, 2026 · ~4 min readForward-deployed engineering, brought to small business
How the top AI labs deliver, with a senior engineer embedded with the customer, and why that is how Skye Road works with small and mid-sized businesses.
July 7, 2026 · ~5 min readHow much does AI consulting cost for a small business in the US?
What drives the price, how consultants charge, and how to make sure you never pay for hype.
What we are writing next
These are the questions clients ask us most. Each will get the same treatment as the guides above: the real answer, no hype, and a clear note on where we do not know.
- —EHR integration for medical device companies: what FHIR and SMART on FHIR involve, and what drives the cost and timeline.
- —Distributor pricing portals: why device pricing gets complicated and how to keep it in one place.
Have a question you want answered first? Ask our AI or email info@skyeroad.com, and it moves up the list.
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