21 Jul Health IT Answers: Why Data Intelligence Is the Missing Link in Healthcare Modernization

As healthcare organizations continue their push toward modernization, one issue stands in the way of real progress – fragmented, inconsistent, and disconnected data.

In his recent guest article for Health IT Answers, Mark Coetzer, VP of Business Development at IMAT Solutions, explores how healthcare organizations can overcome this challenge through a smarter, more unified approach to managing their data, which is an approach built around data intelligence.

While many healthcare organizations have made significant investments in EHR systems, analytics tools, and cloud infrastructure, they are still struggling to meet the demands of value-based care and quality reporting. Why? Because the data fueling these systems often lacks the consistency, completeness, and context needed to drive meaningful action.

From Data Accumulation to Data Intelligence

In the article, Mark outlines why healthcare needs to move beyond traditional data warehousing and reporting strategies. Instead of simply collecting more data, organizations should focus on transforming their data into a trusted, operational asset that can support proactive decision-making.

That shift begins with four critical capabilities:

• Integration across systems, including EHRs, labs, claims feeds, and social determinants.
• Normalization and standardization to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Enrichment and context to connect related data points and fill in gaps.
• Human oversight to validate and maintain data quality and regulatory compliance.

This framework lays the groundwork for more effective analytics, streamlined reporting, and improved care coordination. Just as importantly, it creates the foundation needed to scale innovations like AI and predictive modeling.

How IMAT Intelligence Supports the Shift

These principles are core to IMAT Intelligence, the health data intelligence platform that enables healthcare organizations to unify, manage, and activate their data in real time.

By combining automated data processing with expert clinical validation, IMAT Intelligence allows care networks to generate cleaner, more complete data that can be trusted for quality programs, population health initiatives, and strategic decision support.

Whether organizations are submitting eCQMs, monitoring care gap performance, or preparing for digital quality measures, IMAT Intelligence helps transform reactive reporting into real-time intelligence.

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Read the Full Article on Health IT Answers
To learn more about why data intelligence is the missing link in healthcare modernization, and how organizations are using it to break through performance and reporting barriers, check out the full article on Health IT Answers.

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