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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...