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Yahoo
17-07-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Patterson Health Center adopts Oracle solution to enhance care
Patterson Health Center (PHC) in the US has adopted Oracle Health CommunityWorks to improve efficiency in its financial and clinical operations, aiming to enhance patient care in rural communities of Kansas. The system's implementation, along with Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent, is set to reduce administrative workload, allowing care providers to dedicate more time to patient interaction. PHC's initiative is a strategic move to broaden access to care in underserved areas and bolster patient care in the community it serves. The critical access hospital and emergency centre sought to extend its service offerings and optimise operational efficiency. The implementation of Oracle Health CommunityWorks has automated clinical and financial tasks, enhancing care coordination and benefitting local patients. Patterson Health Center CEO Sarah Teaff said: 'With Oracle Health technology, we can collaborate across care venues to provide excellent health and wellness services and foster a healthier future for our community while using AI to automate tedious clinical documentation processes to enhance our clinicians' experiences.' Oracle Health CommunityWorks has introduced a patient portal at PHC, simplifying communication regarding appointments and surgeries. This has reduced wait times and facilitated collaboration with external providers, promoting continuity of care. Additionally, PHC has established an integrated digital patient record that connects clinical interactions with billing processes, enhancing financial transparency and increasing reimbursements. The Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent, integrated into the electronic health record (EHR) system, generates structured draft notes automatically from interactions between the patient and physician. This reduces redundancy and organises content for convenient review, streamlining documentation and contributing to care efficiencies. Such automation cuts down the manual work that leads to provider burnout. Last month, Fortify Children's Health adopted Oracle Health Data Intelligence to improve care quality to its paediatric patients. "Patterson Health Center adopts Oracle solution to enhance care" was originally created and published by Hospital Management, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Oracle Healthcare AI Advances: Should You Buy the Stock Now or Wait?
Oracle's ORCL recent announcement of its Health Clinical AI Agent represents a significant advancement in its broader push to embed AI capabilities across its product portfolio. The company has unveiled a multimodal voice and screen-driven assistant that helps physicians reduce documentation time by approximately 30%, addressing the critical issue of clinician burnout in healthcare settings. Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent combines generative AI, agentic technology, automation, and simplified workflows into a unified solution that integrates directly with Oracle's electronic health record systems. Already deployed across 40 medical specialties, the solution has facilitated the creation of nearly a million notes while enabling healthcare providers to access critical patient information through natural voice healthcare AI announcement aligns with statements made by Oracle CTO Larry Ellison during the recent third-quarter earnings call, where he highlighted the company's AI agent development. "We have built lots of AI agents on top of Oracle databases and made those agents a part of our applications, modernizing and automating our applications," Ellison noted, specifically mentioning healthcare as a sector where Oracle's AI agents provide significant differentiation. Oracle's third-quarter fiscal 2025 results showed both strengths and challenges. The company reported total revenues of $14.1 billion, representing a 6% year-over-year increase in USD and 8% in constant currency. Cloud services and license support revenues grew to $11 billion, up 12% in constant currency, while cloud infrastructure revenues increased 51%.Particularly impressive was Oracle's remaining performance obligations, which surged 63% year over year to $130 billion. CEO Safra Catz emphasized this metric as a leading indicator of future revenue growth, projecting a 15% increase in overall revenues for fiscal 2026 and approximately 20% for fiscal Oracle reported non-GAAP earnings of $1.47 per share, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings by 0.68%. Revenues of $14.13 billion missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 1.59%, disappointing investors' enthusiasm for the company's ascendant cloud business. The company's cloud license and on-premise license revenues declined 10% year over year (down 8% at cc) to $1.12 trades at an EV/EBITDA multiple of 21.06x, substantially above the Zacks Computer-Software industry average of 16.6x. This premium valuation suggests that investors have already priced in exceptional future growth — growth that Oracle is increasingly struggling to deliver with modest revenue increases of just 6% year over year (8% in constant currency). Image Source: Zacks Investment Research The consensus mark for fiscal 2025 earnings is pegged at $6.03 per share, down 0.2% over the past 30 days. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Find the latest earnings estimates and surprises on Zacks Earnings Calendar. Oracle's cloud infrastructure business has become a standout performer, with OCI consumption revenues increasing 57%. The company reached a milestone with its 101st cloud region coming online, positioning it to potentially surpass all competitors' combined cloud regions in the near company has attracted major technology players like Advanced Micro Devices AMD, CrowdStrike CRWD and Palo Alto Networks PANW to its cloud platform, while also making significant inroads with hyperscalers through its Database@Cloud service offering, which grew 200% in the last during its latest earnings call, Oracle acknowledged that component delays have hampered cloud capacity expansion — a significant admission for a company positioning itself as a critical infrastructure provider for AI workloads. At a time when competitors like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and Google Cloud are rapidly scaling their infrastructure to meet surging AI demand, Oracle's supply chain challenges represent a competitive disadvantage that could cost it critical market a 2.2% decline in the year-to-date period, ORCL has underperformed both the broader Zacks Computer & Technology sector and the S&P 500, which dropped 1.3% and 0.3%, respectively. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Despite Oracle's impressive cloud growth and AI strategy, investors may want to exercise caution in the near term. The company currently trades at elevated valuation multiples relative to historical norms, while facing potential headwinds from component supply chain issues that have temporarily constrained cloud capacity the backlog of $130 billion provides strong visibility into future growth, the company indicated that component delays have slowed cloud capacity expansion, potentially limiting near-term revenue conversion. Safra Catz noted that these constraints should ease in first-quarter fiscal 2026, which suggests that better growth acceleration may materialize later in heavy capital expenditures, expected to exceed $16 billion for fiscal 2025, will pressure free cash flow in the immediate future. The trailing 12-month free cash flow of $5.8 billion represents a 53% year-over-year decline, primarily due to strategic infrastructure these mixed signals, investors may find better entry points later in 2025 as cloud capacity constraints ease and the significant investments in AI infrastructure begin to generate stronger returns. The long-term thesis remains compelling, but patience could yield more attractive valuation opportunities for this cloud and AI transformation story. Oracle currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) : Free Stock Analysis Report Oracle Corporation (ORCL) : Free Stock Analysis Report Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 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