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In today’s Cloud Wars Minute, I explain how Oracle is transforming healthcare with its AI-driven, cloud-native EHR, setting a bold path toward intelligent care.
Highlights
00:02 — Oracle has introduced an updated version of Oracle Health EHR, or Electronic Health Record, for ambulatory providers in the U.S., built on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The new system features native AI agents that operate together as an orchestrated system for maximum process efficiency.
00:29 — The new Oracle Health EHR, was designed in collaboration with frontline providers and delivers the services that they require in a manner that’s most useful to them. For example, it features personalized, streamlined workflows. In 2026, Oracle plans to enhance the system to include acute care, further expanding the reach of this groundbreaking technology.
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00:50 — Now, this represents a major leap forward for healthcare providers, and Oracle is right to focus significant efforts in this direction, enabling clinicians to cut through the administrative burdens of the healthcare industry. Identified as one of the first major use cases for generative AI, it remains a priority, and Oracle is certainly thinking big in this area.
01:13 — In fact, Seema Verma, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Oracle Health and Life Sciences, said the following: “When Oracle committed to transforming the healthcare industry, we knew we had to start with the EHR.” Note the commitment to not just supporting, but “transforming” the healthcare industry.
