05 Jan Health Data News Roundup: Quantum vs AI in Healthcare; AI Adoption to Speed Up; and Next Healthcare Disruptor

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.

Quantum vs AI in Healthcare: How They Differ and Why Leaders Must Prepare for Convergence
Quantum computing, sensing and communication are moving from theory to early clinical use. Combined with AI, these technologies can accelerate drug discovery, enable earlier diagnostics and secure health data, according to the World Economic Forum.

Economic Pressure, Consumer Behavior Will Push Providers to Speed Up AI Adoption in 2026
As health systems learn how to implement AI workflows for low-stakes use cases, leaders will be more comfortable to expand to other applications and workflows in 2026, according to Fierce Healthcare.

Why the Next Healthcare Disruptor Could Be a Platform
The next major healthcare disruptor may not look like a provider system, but an open, interoperable ecosystem that works the way fintech does today — API-driven, partner-enabled, and relentlessly consumer-centric, according to Fast Company.

Trump Administration Ups Payer Price Transparency Requirements
The federal government proposed major updates to the Transparency in Coverage rule, including data disclosure changes for in-network rates and more robust consumer-friendly disclosure, according to xtelligent Healthcare Payers.

KLAS: Health Data Sharing Improves, Yet Interoperability Still Lacking
Although EHR interoperability could boost innovation and ease patient care decisions for physicians as well as reduce administrative churn, a lack of collaboration between healthcare organizations, vendors and payers is holding back further interoperability, according to a new report by KLAS Research.

ACA Enrollment Drops Slightly to 15.6M
More than 15.6 million people have enrolled in plans on federally run ACA exchanges so far, down from about 16 million at the same point last year, according to Becker’s Payer Issues.