Oracle's announcement of a new AI-powered electronic health record (EHR) system set to launch in 2025 could be a significant development in the healthcare industry. Planned to have AI embedded across its functions, the new Oracle EHR is intended to deliver a more intuitive, natural, and highly intelligent experience. The announcement highlights a long-awaited state of the industry where next-generation AI will be braided throughout everyday operations.
What does next-generation AI look like in an EHR?
Oracle’s vision is to have a cumulative presence of AI across its functions. This heightened level of AI within an EHR blueprint – rather than through patchworked point solutions – could advance its performance, adaptability, and usability to support healthcare delivery and operations. For example, the new Oracle EHR aims to expand the possibilities of personalized and patient-centered care by integrating with Oracle Health Data Intelligence (HDI), its collective suite of cloud operations, services, and analytics. Clinicians will be able to view suggested personalized care plans – at the point of need - that consider the genetic profiles and lifestyle choices of each patient. The capabilities of next-generation AI will create clinician experiences that go beyond user-friendly EHR interfaces and offer intelligent processes that contribute to better patient outcomes.
A look back: how has AI been transforming healthcare up to this point?
The progression of AI adoption in healthcare has been steadily increasing over the last decade, with acceleration due to COVID-19 emergency operations and the advent of generative AI. Significant advancements have been made in using AI for efficiency optimization, diagnostic imaging, back-end administrative support, enhanced automation, dataset analysis, and more. However, challenges remain, including concerns over data privacy and security, governance, algorithmic bias, dataset quality, lack of regulatory guardrails, and trust when used for clinical diagnostics beyond radiology. As the industry continues to work through these challenges, the integration of AI has made headway in back-end and front-end use cases, often in the form of available solutions created by rapid investments in healthcare AI startups. Digital health investors prioritized AI-powered solutions in 2024; 2025 should continue in this trend, with emphasis on AI’s value and utility in healthcare.
Moving ahead: what can we predict for 2025?
While healthcare stakeholders must wait to see Oracle’s new EHR in action, if its implementation benefits early adopters, there will be no turning back in blending the foundation of EHR technology with AI. The solution may spur innovation, challenge existing pricing structures, and potentially alter market dynamics, compelling established vendors to adapt and evolve.
Beyond market dynamics, an AI-powered EHR holds the potential to improve patient outcomes, streamline workflows, and reduce costs, ultimately reshaping the future of healthcare delivery. With the proper infrastructure, strategy, and services, a healthcare organization can ensure that they reap the maximum benefits from such an EHR. No one solution, technology, or vendor can transform an enterprise and create long-term success across clinical and operational domains. Transformation requires a strategic roadmap to get to the optimum working state and partnerships to help maintain that success.
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