Billings Clinic-Logan Health Expanding Oracle Health EHR to all 30 of its Hospitals

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Billings Clinic-Logan Health has chosen to expand Oracle Health's Electronic Health Record (EHR) system across all its 30 hospitals and clinics in Montana and northern Wyoming. The decision follows a competitive analysis considering implementation timeline, total cost, and impact on clinicians and patients. The unified platform will enable seamless access to patient records across facilities spanning 570 miles, improving care coordination and reducing administrative burden. The system includes an AI-powered Clinical Digital Assistant that can automatically document physician-patient encounters, allowing doctors to spend more time with patients and less time on paperwork.

Positive

• Expansion of EHR system across 30 facilities indicates significant business growth
• Strategic win over competitor Meditech demonstrates market leadership
• AI-powered Clinical Digital Assistant implementation shows technological advancement
• Long-term contract renewal and expansion strengthens Oracle's market position

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• None.

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Technology Analyst

The expansion of Oracle Health's EHR system across Billings Clinic-Logan Health's 30 hospitals represents a significant digital transformation initiative. The implementation of AI-powered Clinical Digital Assistant and integrated health platform will streamline operations across a vast geographical area spanning 570+ miles.

Key technological advantages include:

• Unified patient records access across all facilities
• AI-assisted clinical documentation
• Enhanced data security and operational efficiency
• Improved care coordination in rural areas

The migration from Meditech to Oracle Health's platform indicates a strategic long-term investment in healthcare technology infrastructure. The system's ability to support remote facilities and tribal populations addresses important healthcare accessibility challenges in Montana's rural landscape.

Expanded deployment increases patient access to integrated care, delivers operational efficiencies, and helps improve care quality 

AI-powered Oracle Clinical Digital Assistant can help reduce administrative tasks, give physicians time back for their patients and themselves 

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Billings Clinic-Logan Health, a Montana-based, independent healthcare system, has selected Oracle Health to provide the unified health system with a single, integrated health platform. Billings Clinic-Logan Health chose Oracle Health after input from physicians, their stakeholders, and employees. The decision was based on a competitive analysis including implementation timeline, total cost, impact to both organization's clinicians and patients, and Oracle's unique capabilities of bringing clinical, patient, enterprise applications, and data together to help enable health systems to be more efficient, more secure, and more effective. The Oracle Health electronic health record (EHR) will be deployed at all Billings Clinic-Logan Health hospitals and clinics to improve quality, safety, and service for the health system, providers, and patients.

For more than two decades, Oracle Health has been providing Billings Clinic, Montana's largest health system, with technology support in acute, ambulatory, revenue cycle, and population health. With Billings Clinic and Logan Health's unification into a single health system combined with Oracle Health technology, healthcare will be integrated for patients in Montana like never before.

A Better Patient Experience
Whether a patient is seeking care in Glendive, Montana or more than 570 miles across the state in Whitefish, clinicians at hospitals spanning Montana and northern Wyoming will have access to their health record with one click in the EHR. This can help accelerate and improve care by reducing paper record exchanges or multiple phone calls to different locations for records transfers.

"As a leader in healthcare technology, artificial intelligence, and data security, Oracle Health can help us drive innovation to improve care coordination, enhance patient experiences, and ease the administrative burden for our caregivers. Oracle Health has the unique opportunity to build a vibrant ecosystem to fully support Billings Clinic-Logan Health and regional facilities across Montana and surrounding states," said Chief Information Officer Justin Ott, Billings Clinic-Logan Health. "We believe Oracle Health is the best choice for our patients, our clinicians and business functions, and our unified health system; and that it will serve our needs well into the future. Oracle Health is committed to the continued innovation and enhancements of products to elevate clinical excellence in our vast region."

Billings Clinic-Logan Health chose to expand its Oracle Health footprint and replace its existing Meditech deployment at all Logan Health sites after the competitive analysis and feedback revealed Oracle could provide the support needed for the health system today and into the future. Discussions were conducted with multiple health technology vendors. After thorough considerations in longevity and innovation, Billings Clinic-Logan Health is committed to strengthening and aligning their organizational goals with Oracle Health, which can provide a unique health ecosystem to fully support their hospitals and regional remote facilities.

A Better Clinician & Health System Experience
Using integrated technology across the entire health system, clinicians at Billings Clinic-Logan Health will be able to rely on real-time information from a new or existing patient's medical history, including prior clinical visits and treatments and pharmacy records, by simply opening the patient's health record. This interconnection of patient information will allow the health system to expand the breadth and depth of primary and specialty care provided to patients, connect rural trauma and emergency transport programs, more effectively address diversity and health disparities including underserved and tribal populations, and enhance recruitment and retention of physicians, nurses, and other key staff.

Additionally, physicians at Billings Clinic-Logan Health will have access to an AI-powered Oracle Clinical Digital Assistant which interprets and records key elements of the physician-patient encounter, accurately inputs a draft note into the Oracle Health EHR, and enables the physician to quickly review and approve the clinical documentation produced. Oracle Clinical Digital Assistant transforms the doctor-patient experience by reducing the time doctors spend interacting with their laptops and increasing the time they spend interacting with their patients.

"Like many healthcare organizations across the country, Billings Clinic-Logan Health turned to Oracle Health to better serve its patients, improve its operational performance, and enhance its clinical team's experience," said Seema Verma, executive vice president and general manager, Oracle Health and Life Sciences. "Oracle Health's comprehensive suite of healthcare technology will help Billings Clinic-Logan Health solve some of its biggest challenges and enable its caregivers to spend less time on process and paperwork and more time on the things that matter most, their patients."

To learn more about how customers, including Billings Clinic-Logan Health, are using Oracle, join the team at Oracle Health Summit in Nashville on Oct. 29-30, 2024. This event is bringing together global healthcare leaders to discuss how to tackle industrywide challenges and apply new innovations.

About Billings Clinic – Logan Health
Billings Clinic and Logan Health are united as one, Montana-based, independent health care system focused on keeping patients and families close to home and connecting care in communities throughout the region. The unified health system serves an area that includes Montana, northern Wyoming and the western Dakotas and is governed by a board of community members and medical professionals. It encompasses 25 hospitals, which includes 16 regional partnerships with critical access hospitals and clinics. More than 9,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians and advanced practice providers practicing in 80 specialties working together to provide patients and their families with a positive, proactive, patient-centered experience through innovative and effective approaches to high quality, safe health care. The health care system has deep commitments to complex care, local access, innovation and health care education. By uniting the two organizations, each of which have served Montana and the surrounding region for more than 100 years, Billings Clinic and Logan Health are better together and better positioned to adapt to the rapidly changing health care environment, with a commitment to sustaining and growing services to meet the needs of Montana and Wyoming families.

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FAQ

What is the scope of Billings Clinic-Logan Health's Oracle Health EHR expansion in 2024?

The expansion covers all 30 hospitals and clinics across Montana and northern Wyoming, replacing existing Meditech systems and implementing Oracle's unified health platform including AI-powered Clinical Digital Assistant.

How will Oracle's (ORCL) EHR system benefit Billings Clinic-Logan Health's operations?

The system will provide real-time access to patient records across facilities, improve care coordination, reduce administrative tasks, and enhance physician-patient interactions through AI-powered documentation.

What new technology is Oracle (ORCL) implementing at Billings Clinic-Logan Health?

Oracle is implementing its AI-powered Clinical Digital Assistant, which automatically documents physician-patient encounters and integrates with the EHR system.