Oracle Health, formerly known as Cerner, is promising a new electronic medical record “built from the ground up” to be released in 2025 and embedding AI across the entire clinical workflow.

Announced at the Oracle Health Summit in the US this week, there is no word yet on when it will be available in markets outside the US, including Ireland.

Oracle Health and Life Sciences executive vice president Seema Verma told the conference that the new platform was not “a refurbished EHR”, saying that “in this day and age, you can’t leverage modern technology by bolting new innovation to something built in the 1990s”.

According to an Oracle statement, the new EMR has been designed to embed AI across the entire clinical workflow to automate processes and simplify appointment preparation, documentation, and follow-up for clinicians and staff.

It will feature the latest cloud and AI capabilities and, powered by AI, will deliver the intelligence that health networks require.

“For example, the intuitive design leverages integrated conversational search, voice-driven navigation, and multi modal search as a natural extension of clinician workflows,” the statement says.

“This will enable physicians to more easily access critical patient information, such as recent vitals, medications, notes, and labs.

“With AI-supported summaries the EHR can also aid in accelerated chart review and provide consolidated, contextual patient information organised by condition, role, and care setting to help reduce the time practitioners spend reviewing charts, searching for the best treatments, and planning their day.”

It will incorporate Oracle Health’s Clinical AI Agent, which Oracle says enables providers to reduce hours spent on documentation, ordering, and automated coding to dedicate more time to patient care.

It will also embed Oracle Health Data Intelligence, an AI and analytics solution that can integrate patient data from thousands of sources, including clinical, claims, social determinants, and pharmacy.

It will also integrate with the Oracle Health Command Center to help give healthcare organisations insight into patient throughput, staffing, and resource allocation.

“One of today’s most important and widely used healthcare technologies, the EHR, has not lived up to its promise,” Ms Verma said.

“Most EHRs were built in the 90s and are ill-equipped to meet the complex security requirements and clinical needs of today’s healthcare networks, practitioners, and patients.

“That is why we are completely reinventing the EHR. Oracle Health’s next-generation EHR is not just a scribe or an assistant. It’s the doctor’s best resident, the administrator’s most productive analyst, and the payer’s most efficient partner in reviewing and authorising treatment and payment.”

Oracle Health said the early adopter program for the next-generation EMR will begin next year.