Oracle's top officials are targeting cancer cures and streamlining EHRs as top goals for the company, the Nashville Business Journal reported Oct. 30.
Co-founder Larry Ellison and CEO Safra Catz spoke at separate fireside chats during the Oracle Health Summit, which ran Oct. 29-30 in Nashville, Tenn., according to the report.
Mr. Ellison and Ms. Catz said technology developments over the past several years has them excited for potential breakthroughs in their efforts to cure cancer.
"It sounds crazy, curing cancer, because we’ve been trying for a while," Ellison said. "The time is really good for pursuing that with a reasonable chance of being successful."
Oracle announced during the conference that it is releasing a new EHR system. The company said the new system will have cloud and AI features that make it simpler to use and set up. The system has no menus or drop-down screens — clinicians can find the information they need just by speaking.
Ms. Catz said they want systems that assist physicians rather than requiring them to sit every night in their pajamas documenting, according to the report.
She also said she finds it "insane that shopping is so easy, and shopping is so perfectly aligned for what you want and what you need, and yet health care is one-size-fits-all."
"You show up and you start filling in forms, really every time. That's not how it should work," she said, according to the report. "Your health should be at least as important as your shopping journey, and that's what we're working on."