The new Oracle EHR promises an AI-powered reinvention
Oracle on Tuesday offered a preview of its next-generation electronic health record, which it said has been rebuilt “from the ground up” more than two years after acquiring Cerner to deliver the security and performance of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
Revealed on the Oracle Health Summit in Nashville, the new EHR, which would be ready to debut in 2025, is designed with artificial intelligence as a core component, the company says – with AI capabilities embedded “throughout the clinical workflow to automate processes, deliver insights at the point of and dramatically simplify appointment preparation, documentation, and follow-up for physicians and staff.”
The company says the new EHR is also optimized to enable better information sharing between payers and providers, and to increase patient recruitment opportunities for clinical trials.
Helping healthcare system clients improve their financial performance while closing gaps in care and succeeding with value-based care models is another goal of the new system.
User experience was a key goal according to Oracle, which is touting a more intuitive design that includes conversational search and voice navigation, as well as multimodal search – all with the aim of helping doctors more easily surface information about vital signs, medications and notes. and laboratories. AI-enabled summaries also allow for faster review of the cards.
The new EHR integrates with Oracle Health Command Center, which provides information on patient flow, staffing and resource allocation, and is designed to integrate the Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent for streamlined documentation and automated coding, the company says.
It can also embed AI-powered Oracle Health Data Intelligence, which aggregates patient data from thousands of sources – clinical, claims, social determinants, pharmacy and more – for real-time insights to develop specific targeted care plans and personalized medicine based on patients. genetics.
THE BIG TREND
Oracle has been upgrading its various healthcare technologies with new artificial intelligence capabilities since closing its $28 billion acquisition of Cerner in June 2022.
Starting with the Oracle Clinical Digital Assistant tool a year ago, the first addition of generative AI to its EHR platforms, the company has since rolled out other automation tools to its product suite, along with new enhancements such as pre-built clinical quality analytics and automated alerts for increasing reimbursements, to the Health Data Intelligence platform it built on Cerner’s HealtheIntent platform.
Last month, the company unveiled enhancements to the Oracle Health Seamless Exchange, new enhancements to its Oracle Health Ambulatory Referral Management, and other enhancements to its EHR product.
Oracle has long promised to reinvent its core healthcare IT offering and “go beyond the EHR.”
In a Sept blog postSeema Verma, CEO of Oracle Health and Life Sciences, asserted that “we need to change the EHR, not just come up with workarounds.” She promised that with the cloud company’s “databases, cloud technology, cybersecurity, AI and enterprise solutions, we will bring more than just an EHR point solution.”
Most recently, the company announced this week that it plans to apply for Qualified Health Information Network status to help its EHR customers more easily participate in information sharing under TEFCA’s nationwide interoperability framework.
ON THE RECORD
“One of the most important and widely used healthcare technologies today, the EHR, has not lived up to its promise,” Verma said in a statement. “Most EHRs were built in the 1990s and are ill-equipped to meet the complex security requirements and clinical needs of today’s healthcare networks, practitioners and patients. That is why we are completely reinventing the EPD.
“Oracle Health’s next-generation EHR is not just a writer or assistant. It is the physician’s best practitioner, the administrator’s most productive analyst, and the payer’s most efficient partner in assessing and authorizing treatment and payment,” she said.
Mike Miliard is editor-in-chief of Healthcare IT News
Email the writer: mike.miliard@himssmedia.com
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