While one of the most widely used technologies in healthcare, for most providers, the EHR has become a necessary evil. They spend appointments behind computer screens instead of engaging freely with patients and their off-shift time spending hours on paperwork, leading to burnout and fatigue. With most EHRs built on 1990s technology platforms and not equipped to truly deliver modern innovation and security at scale, the opportunity for a significant shift that could move EHRs from an administrative burden to a clinical asset were limited. Until now.
Oracle recently previewed its next-generation electronic health record (EHR) to thousands of customers and partners attending the Oracle Health Summit. Built from the ground up to take advantage of the high performance and military-grade security1 of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), the EHR is designed to embed AI across the entire clinical workflow to automate processes, deliver insights at the point of care, and dramatically simplify appointment prep, documentation, and follow up for physicians and staff. With native integrations across a broad range of Oracle Health applications, the EHR is also designed to help streamline information exchange between payers and providers, support patient recruitment for clinical trials, simplify regulatory compliance, optimize financial performance, and help accelerate the adoption of value-based care.
Oracle Health’s next-generation EHR is not just designed to be a scribe or an assistant. But rather a doctor’s best resident, an administrator’s most productive analyst, and a payer’s most efficient partner in reviewing and authorizing treatment and payment.
The new EHR will feature the latest cloud and AI capabilities and offer a more natural, intuitive, and responsive experience for all users. Powered by AI, the new EHR is designed to deliver the intelligence health networks need to close care gaps and be more effective and efficient. For example, the intuitive design leverages integrated conversational search, voice-driven navigation, and multi modal search as a natural extension of clinician workflows. This will enable physicians to more easily access critical patient information, such as recent vitals, medications, notes, and labs. With AI-supported summaries the EHR can also aid in accelerated chart review and provide consolidated, contextual patient information organized by condition, role, and care setting to help reduce the time practitioners spend reviewing charts, searching for the best treatments, and planning their day. And integration with Oracle Health Command Center can help give healthcare organizations insight into patient throughput, staffing, and resource allocation to drive facility and network-wide performance improvements. These are just a few of the innovations customers can expect from the completely reimagined Oracle Health EHR.
The new EHR is also designed to incorporate the Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent, which enables providers to significantly reduce hours spent on documentation, ordering, and automated coding to dedicate more time to patient care. It will also embed Oracle Health Data Intelligence, a powerful AI and analytics solution that can continuously and securely integrate patient data from thousands of sources, including clinical, claims, social determinants, and pharmacy, to deliver real-time insights required to advance patient health. Oracle Health Data Intelligence combined with the new EHR can suggest personalized care plans that match the genetic makeup and lifestyle choices of each patient to help reduce trial-and-error treatments, increase patient engagement, and support healthier outcomes.
The early adopter program for the next-generation Oracle Health EHR will begin in calendar year 2025. Learn more at: Oracle.com/health
[1] Oracle Health’s immersive-AI EHR is powered by Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), which provides the same military-grade security used to protect the most sensitive data at some of the largest and most sophisticated businesses, national defense agencies, and governments around the world.
