ICT&health October 31, 2024
This week Oracle presented an update to its EHR software. The main innovation is the addition of AI. Among other things, this allows the EHR to be operated in a speech-driven manner. Not only for entering text, but also for navigating menus and functions. In its own words, the AI-driven, cloud-based EHR will ease healthcare professionals’ administrative burden, giving them more time to deliver care to patients.
In 2022, Oracle paid $28 billion for EHR vendor Cerner. The new EHR has been in development since then, but Oracle says it is not based on Cerner’s technology. Among other things, this means that existing Cerner clients will eventually have to switch to the new Oracle EHR.
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