13 Jul Health Data News Roundup: Health AI Accountability; Health Data More Than Technical Asset; and IMAT Partners with Firely

Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. This week’s healthcare data news highlights how healthcare organizations are strengthening governance, accountability, and collaboration as digital transformation continues to accelerate. From AI oversight and data governance to interoperability, consent management, and digital quality measurement, healthcare leaders are increasingly focused on ensuring that healthcare data is trusted, secure, and ready to support better decisions and better outcomes.

AI Accountability is Now Healthcare’s Next Big Challenge
As artificial intelligence becomes a routine part of care delivery, health systems are finding that success depends less on deploying new models than on governing existing ones, according to Healthcare IT News.

Why Healthcare Data Represents More Than Information
Healthcare organizations should view data as more than a technical asset by ensuring it is trusted, well governed, and used to improve decisions, care delivery, and outcomes for patients, providers, and health plans, according to Health Data Management.

Oregon Stakeholders Describe Interoperability Gaps, Concerns
Oregon health systems have made strides with regional HIEs, TEFCA adoption and federal data exchanges, but significant gaps remain in long-term care, behavioral health, and rural connectivity, according to Healthcare Innovation.

The Sequoia Project Releases New Guidance to Advance Automated Consent for Health Information Exchange
The Sequoia Project, a leading nonprofit and trusted advocate for nationwide health information exchange, recently published practical guidance and example tools to help organizations evaluate and implement automated, computable consent processes for sharing health information, according to this press release.

Manifest MedEx Expands Health Data Leadership with New Mission, Vision, and Refreshed Identity
Manifest MedEx (MX), California’s largest nonprofit health data network, recently announced a new mission and a 10-year vision for a future in which high-quality health data supports whole person health in every community, according to this press release.

IMAT Solutions and Firely Partner to Advance Digital Quality Measurement
IMAT Solutions and Firely have announced a strategic partnership to help healthcare organizations strengthen data quality, improve interoperability, and prepare for HEDIS 2030 and the transition to digital quality measures, according to this recent IMAT press release.

These healthcare data trends reinforce a common theme across the industry: success depends on more than technology alone. As healthcare organizations expand AI, strengthen interoperability, improve data governance, and prepare for digital quality measurement, trusted healthcare data continues to serve as the foundation for better decisions, stronger collaboration, and improved patient outcomes.