From expanding interoperability efforts to building AI agents, here is a look at EHR vendor Oracle Health’s biggest moves so far in 2025, as reported by Becker’s:
Editor’s note: This article was updated Nov. 24 and will continue to be updated with the latest news.
- In November, Oracle Health Information Network, a subsidiary of Oracle, was named a Qualified Health Information Network under the federal Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement. The designation places Oracle among a select group of organizations approved to exchange health data nationwide under TEFCA, a government-backed effort to standardize and secure information sharing among providers, payers and public agencies.
- Oracle Health’s new EHR became certified for use by ambulatory providers in the U.S. The EHR system received Health IT certification from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and met the Drug Enforcement Administration’s requirements for electronic prescribing of controlled substances.
- Bloomberg reported that Oracle Health reports to Mike Sicilia, co-CEO of Oracle. This move comes after Mr. Sicilia was named co-CEO in September alongside Clay Magouyrk, who previously served as president of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
- Larry Ellison, co-founder, chair and chief technology officer of Oracle, said in a Sept. 9 earnings call that he believes his company can take on EHR rival Epic due to its size and integrated approach.
- Oracle built OpenAI’s technology into its Oracle Health Patient Portal for more conversational AI that will help patients create clear and relevant questions to send their clinicians through the portal’s secure messaging center and facilitate follow up care scheduling.
- In September, Oracle laid off more workers at its former Cerner campus in Kansas City, Mo.
- Oracle co-founder and chair Larry Ellison said in a June 10 earnings call that Oracle Health is building AI agents into its EHR.
- In May, Oracle Health was awarded the third option period of its contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs to support the agency’s EHR modernization efforts.
- Oracle Health partnered with Cleveland Clinic and G42, a technology firm based in the United Arab Emirates, to develop an AI-powered platform aimed at transforming healthcare delivery in the U.S. and UAE. The platform is designed to harness AI, national-scale data analytics and intelligent clinical applications to improve patient care, enable precision medicine and support proactive public health strategies.
- Oracle Health expanded access to its Clinical AI Agent tool to healthcare organizations across Canada in May.
- Oracle Health Information Network, a subsidiary of Oracle Health, was accepted as a candidate Qualified Health Information Network — or QHIN — under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement in May. As a candidate QHIN, Oracle’s network will undergo testing before it can be certified to participate in the exchange.
