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05 Oct Health Data News Roundup: Healthcare IT Faces the Value Test; Interoperability Evolves; and AI Moves Into Patient Care

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Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. This week’s healthcare data news reflects a growing focus on getting more measurable value from technology and data investments. From rising expectations for health IT returns and the shift from data exchange to data utility to AI enabled cancer care and rural health transformation, healthcare organizations are looking for ways to turn technology investments into meaningful improvements in care and performance. Medicare Advantage Insurers Reduce...

Rural health transformation supported by trusted healthcare data infrastructure

30 Sep Rural Health Transformation Is Moving into Implementation. Now It’s Time to Prove What Works.

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Top Takeaways • The $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program has moved from planning to implementation, with all 50 states approved for funding.• States have an opportunity to invest in data infrastructure that supports multiple priorities, including interoperability, telehealth, value-based care, AI and population health.• With limited time and resources, rural healthcare organizations should be able to demonstrate the value of technology investments before committing to large scale implementations.• Proofs of concept, initial workflows and flexible...

Healthcare data exchange, rural health transformation and AI trends

28 Sep Health Data News Roundup: Public Health Data Exchange Advances; Rural Health Transformation Moves Forward; and AI Priorities Expand

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Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. This week’s healthcare data news highlights efforts to strengthen the infrastructure supporting healthcare transformation. From improving public health data exchange and investing in rural healthcare to advancing value-based care and establishing new considerations for AI, organizations are looking at how data, technology and governance can support more connected and sustainable healthcare. CDC Seeks Input on Public Health Data Exchange The CDC is seeking input on how...

Trusted healthcare data supporting health plan quality measurement

22 Sep Health Plan Quality Is Improving. Trusted Data Helps Make It Measurable.

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Top Takeaways • More health plans achieved NCQA’s highest rating in 2026, with 18 plans earning 5 stars compared with 11 last year.• Measuring quality improvement depends on having clinical data that is accurate, complete and usable across increasingly complex healthcare environments.• As quality measurement becomes more digital, health plans need stronger data foundations that can support reporting, analytics and ongoing performance improvement.• NCQA Data Aggregator Validation provides an important framework for establishing confidence in aggregated...

Healthcare data quality, AI and HIE trends in the latest health data news

21 Sep Health Data News Roundup: HIEs Take Center Stage at Civitas 2026; Data Quality Challenges Healthcare AI; and Health Plans Improve

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Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. This week’s healthcare data news highlights the growing role of HIEs and the importance of trusted data as organizations expand their use of AI. From Civitas 2026 and the evolution of HIEs into health intelligence networks to provider data quality, AI bias, health plan performance and Aetna’s approach to AI, healthcare organizations are looking more closely at the data foundations behind innovation and measurable...

HIE trends and healthcare data priorities at Civitas 2026

15 Sep What to Watch at Civitas 2026: HIEs Take on a Bigger Role in Healthcare Transformation

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Top Takeaways • HIEs are increasingly serving as critical state, regional and national healthcare infrastructure. • Data quality and standardization are becoming more important as HIEs support more sophisticated uses of healthcare data. • The focus is expanding from exchanging information to using connected data to improve care coordination and patient outcomes. • Rural Health Transformation is creating opportunities for HIEs and other organizations to build infrastructure that can support rural communities over the long term. • As the role...

Healthcare AI integration, HIE infrastructure and rural health transformation news

14 Sep Health Data News Roundup: Healthcare AI Faces Its Next Test; HIEs Take Center Stage; and Rural Health Investment Expands

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Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. This week's healthcare data news looks at what it will take to turn technology and funding into meaningful improvements in care. From growing scrutiny of healthcare AI and the challenge of integrating it into existing workflows to the expanding role of HIEs and new investments in rural healthcare, organizations are increasingly focused on building the infrastructure needed to support long term transformation. Healthcare Leaders Warn...

Healthcare AI ROI and AI ready healthcare data

10 Sep Healthcare Is Scaling AI. Can It Prove the ROI?

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Top Takeaways • Healthcare organizations are scaling AI faster than many can consistently measure its financial impact. • Deloitte research cited by Becker’s found that 44 percent of surveyed healthcare organizations were AI “scalers,” but only 18 percent of those organizations had mature capabilities for consistently attributing AI investments to revenue growth or cost savings. • Measuring AI ROI requires reliable baselines, consistent performance data, and clear metrics for determining whether AI is actually improving outcomes. • Fragmented, incomplete,...

Healthcare AI integration, AI ROI and trusted healthcare data news

08 Sep Health Data News Roundup: OpenAI Epic Integration; AI ROI Gap Widens; and Trusted Data and Rural Transformation

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Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. This week's healthcare data news shows how quickly AI is moving deeper into healthcare operations and the new demands that come with it. From OpenAI's integration with Epic and the growing focus on AI ROI to auditability, payer AI strategies, maternal health and rural health transformation, organizations are looking for ways to turn data and technology investments into measurable improvements. OpenAI Connects ChatGPT Directly to...

Trusted healthcare data supporting Rural Health Transformation and rural healthcare organizations

02 Sep Healthcare Business Today: Why Trusted Data Will Define Rural Health Transformation

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Top Takeaways • The Rural Health Transformation Program creates an opportunity for states to build healthcare data infrastructure that continues delivering value long after federal funding has been spent. • Rural healthcare depends on information moving across hospitals, clinics, specialists, pharmacies, community organizations, and other settings, making trusted and usable data essential to care coordination. • HIEs are well positioned to play a larger role in RHTP by supporting statewide data infrastructure, analytics, quality measurement, population health,...