11 Aug Health Data News Roundup: IMAT Makes Healthcare Data AI Ready; AI Hallucinations in Healthcare; and Payers Pull MA Plans

Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. As the power of data continues to grow in the healthcare arena, today’s care organizations need to be on the forefront of all news and trends to help ensure that their data analytics efforts deliver accountable and informed care. Each week, we will provide you with the actionable news you need to meet these goals.

How to Make Health Data AI Ready: A Smarter Path for Healthcare Systems
With AI adoption accelerating across healthcare, organizations are realizing that legacy data systems cannot support the demands of modern AI use cases. Our latest blog post explores the building blocks of AI-ready data for healthcare and outlines a smarter approach to governance, quality, interoperability, and real-time insight delivery.

Hallucination vs. Confabulation: Why the Difference Matters in Healthcare AI
As artificial intelligence becomes more embedded in healthcare, understanding how it can go wrong is just as important as understanding how it can help, and it’s important to know the difference between hallucinations and confabulations in AI, according to this Wolters Kluwer analysis.

Trust in Healthcare AI Can’t Just Be Designed – It Must Be Felt by Clinicians and Patients
Trust in healthcare AI currently over-relies on system design, not lived medical realities, and continuous feedback loops are necessary to embed trust in healthcare AI that is responsive to clinician and patient needs, according to the World Economic Forum.

Payers Pull Medicare Advantage Plans as Profit Pressures Mount
Major insurers are retrenching their Medicare Advantage strategies as federal cost‑containment measures and rising medical expenses squeeze profitability, amid the growing financial pressures the industry has faced for nearly two years, according to Becker’s Payer Issues.

Blue Shield of CA Adds Drug Price Transparency to Member App
A new tool on Blue Shield of California’s consumer mobile app will let users view the out-of-pocket costs associated with any new or renewed prescription ordered by their clinicians and covered by their pharmacy benefit plan, according to xtelligent Healthcare Payers.

KLAS: Training and Governance Needed to Address EHR Burnout
A new report from health IT insights firm KLAS Research details the connection between electronic health records and burnout and highlights how artificial intelligence and education can improve work-life balance for physicians, according to xtelligent Health IT and EHR.