Oracle Expands Clinical AI Agent to Nurses in the US

The AI agent is embedded within Oracle’s electronic health record (EHR) system and is immediately available to existing clinical AI agent customers, according to the company.

Oracle Health has expanded its clinical artificial intelligence agent to nurses in the US, enabling them to use voice commands to navigate patient charts and generate nursing summaries. The rollout comes about two years after Oracle first introduced the clinical AI agent for physicians.

The AI agent is embedded within Oracle’s electronic health record (EHR) system and is immediately available to existing clinical AI agent customers, according to the company.

For nurses, the tool is designed to support clinical documentation and information retrieval. Nurses can use voice commands to search and navigate patient charts and generate nursing summaries, with the aim of reducing time spent on repetitive administrative tasks.

Oracle’s clinical AI agent already supports physicians with several functions, including drafting clinical notes, suggesting follow-up laboratory tests and generating discharge summaries. In August, Oracle added chart review assistance, dictation and automated coding capabilities to the physician-facing tool.

“Nurses are the heart of patient care, yet too much of their day is spent on manual repetitive work, searching for information, documenting care, and coordinating across the care team,” Seema Verma, executive vice president and general manager at Oracle Health and Life Sciences, said in a press release.

The expansion comes as health systems increasingly explore AI applications designed specifically for nursing workflows. Despite nurses being among the primary users of clinical information systems, their participation in healthcare AI development and decision-making has remained comparatively limited.

According to data cited in the announcement, 41% of surveyed nurses said their views are rarely reflected in AI decision-making. The same proportion reported regularly using AI, compared with 57% of physicians.

Oracle has expanded its healthcare AI offerings over the past year. The company launched an AI-backed EHR for ambulatory providers in the US last year, with plans to extend it to acute care. In August, Oracle also made its AI-powered patient portal generally available in the US.

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