Seema Verma, executive vice president and general manager, Oracle Health and Life Sciences
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With artificial intelligence continuing to transform all aspects of healthcare, Oracle Health and Life Sciences continually hears from its health system clients that they're seeking systems to help alleviate their biggest operational, clinical and administrative burdens.
This is why Oracle (Booth #4022 at next week's 2026 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas) has been working to embed AI directly into intuitive workflows to offer providers, payers, pharma, hospital administrators and patients the best information to improve care and increase efficiency, said Seema Verma, general manager of Oracle Health and Life Sciences.
"We'll showcase several such solutions at HIMSS26, including the Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent," said Verma. "Notes generation has been rapidly adopted by clinicians since its launch in the U.S. just a year ago. It is already significantly reducing documentation burden and streamlining workflows.
"It is also now available for doctors in Canada and the U.K.," she added. "Today more than 300 organizations are using the agent, which has helped save doctors more than 200,000 hours across all users. This also enables clinicians to care for more patients each day, which can generate increased revenue for their clinics."
A focus on reimbursement
The company also will be highlighting reimbursement AI agents.
"Oracle Health continues to focus on removing friction between payers and providers to reduce administrative costs, facilitate faster claims processing, accelerate the revenue cycle and deliver an improved patient experience," Verma explained. "Healthcare billing and insurance administrative costs are estimated at $200 billion annually.
"Despite efforts to digitize and implement regulatory reforms, these expenses remain high due to complex, evolving rules and models, making compliance time-consuming and inefficient for providers to adopt and follow," she added. "We'll address these challenges with a new suite of AI agents that aim to streamline processes like prior authorization, medical coding and claims management by automating documentation and embedding payer rules into provider workflows."
These agents will help hospitals and health systems minimize manual work, speed approvals and support value-based care by improving data flow and accuracy, she added.
Covering the enterprise
On another note, Oracle Health – which recently launched a medical device validation program – will be showcasing its enterprise applications.
"With Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications, we deliver a complete, AI-powered portfolio of enterprise applications that are EHR agnostic to help hospitals and health systems improve finance, human capital management, supply chain and customer experience processes," Verma said.
"Around the world, we work with thousands of organizations to leverage embedded AI within a single integrated suite to expand insights, reduce costs, improve productivity, and enhance the employee and patient experience," she continued.
When integrated with clinical applications, the cloud applications can help accelerate the revenue cycle, streamline supply chain operations, and facilitate optimal staffing across all clinical and operational roles, she added.
A next-generation EHR
The new Oracle Health EHR embeds AI directly into clinician workflows to arm providers with the information they need to improve care delivery while limiting the time they spend on administrative tasks – so they can focus on meaningful engagement with patients, she said.
It is already in use by ambulatory providers in the U.S., and the company is anticipating its availability in acute settings later this year.
Also, the new Oracle Health Patient Portal is designed as a single digital access point that helps patients view and manage their comprehensive medical records.
"This year, we expect to add new AI capabilities to help patients get secure, clear, plain-language explanations of their documented diagnoses, test results and prescribed treatments," Verma said. "Leveraging AI, the new portal will help people be more proactive in managing their care by asking questions and gaining a deeper understanding of their health."
The big message at HIMSS26
At the show, Oracle Health and Life Sciences will be delivering a specific message to C-suite executives and other health IT leaders at hospitals and health systems about these technologies.
"With our decades of healthcare industry expertise, we are equipping hospitals and health systems around the world with the intelligence and tools needed to help improve patient and clinician experiences," Verma said.
"Oracle Health's AI-focused strategy is engineered not just to keep pace with industry change, but to set the standard by delivering intelligent and secure solutions that can directly impact patient care and boost efficiency across the healthcare ecosystem," she continued.
The AI agents work as a system, sharing context and collaborating in near real time to increase efficiency and process automation, she added.
"And while natively built, the new EHR's semantic AI foundation is not a walled garden," she noted. "It's an open system where customers can extend Oracle's agents, build their own, or integrate third-party models while keeping workflows secure and patient centric," Verma said.
"Oracle's generative and open AI stack also supports the rapid deployment of new agents with enterprise-grade performance, scalability and efficiency, so customers stay ahead as needs evolve," she concluded.
Oracle Health will be in Booth 4022 at HIMSS26.
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