Fresh EHR & Health Tech Updates — September 11, 2025
Oracle Brings AI Capabilities to Patient Portal
As reported yesterday, Oracle Health will soon let patients using its Patient Portal ask natural-language, conversational questions about their own medical records (e.g. simplify lab results, explain abbreviations, draft messages to clinicians). It’s built on OpenAI models, with safeguards: no medical advice, only explanations and clarifications. Read more
Oracle to Enable New Payer-Provider Collaboration Through AI & Coding Insights
Oracle Health is introducing a “care & risk coding gaps” feature that integrates payer insights into provider workflows. The goal: help close quality gaps (HEDIS, pay-for-performance), improve claims accuracy, and reduce manual overhead via their Clinical Data Exchange product. Read more
Oracle Adds AI Automation to Healthcare Supply Chains
New capabilities in Oracle Fusion Cloud aim to bring AI to inventory management & procurement in healthcare: better real-time visibility into supplies, streamlined procurement, workflow automation, and reduced costs. Read more
Why It Matters
Patient portals are evolving: Moving from static record-views to interactive, AI-driven tools could reduce patient confusion and improve engagement.
Payer-provider collaboration: Integrating payer data directly into provider workflows may reshape administrative processes and influence performance-based care metrics. This is great and much needed, but it doesn’t fix the problems withe Oracle’s existing Rev Cycle products.
Supply chain automation: Oracle’s AI enhancements promise cost savings and operational efficiency, reducing manual burdens and enabling real-time decision-making. As stated previously, if Oracle can figure this out and truly deliver, complete with analytics, there is a lot of money to be made – but this also does not fix their Rev Cycle issues.
