Oracle's "AI in Action" in Healthcare: From a System of Record to a System of Work

This IDC Market Note provides an analysis of the Oracle Health and Life Sciences Summit 2025, where Oracle unveiled its AI-native reinvention of the EHR and broader health platform strategy. The document examines Oracle's effort to transform the EHR from a system of record into a system of work, supported by a semantic database and knowledge graph architecture, open APIs, and enterprisewide integration. With measurable efficiency gains already reported, population health data gravity building, and payer-provider workflows embedded at the point of care, Oracle is positioning itself to reset the competitive dynamics of the healthcare IT market."Oracle has laid out an ambitious vision for an AI-native healthcare platform," said Mutaz Shegewi, senior research director, Worldwide AI, Platforms, and Technologies, IDC. "The real test now is execution. If Oracle delivers on its promises, this summit could mark a turning point, one with the potential to shake and reshape the competitive landscape over the long term."