Oracle Health Community Care Improves Care in Mobile, Home, and Rural Settings

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Oracle announces the general availability of Oracle Health Community Care, a cloud-based mobile extension of their Health Foundation EHR system. This new solution enables healthcare providers to access and update patient records even without network connectivity, facilitating care delivery in home settings, mobile clinics, and rural areas. The platform automatically synchronizes offline updates with the main EHR when network connection is restored, ensuring seamless data integration. The system includes features like mapping tools for home visits and direct communication capabilities with primary care providers. This launch addresses growing healthcare challenges including rising costs, aging populations, and staffing shortages by supporting the increasing shift toward home-based care delivery.

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• Solution addresses critical healthcare delivery challenges in areas with limited connectivity
• Enables offline access and updates to patient records with automatic synchronization
• Supports growing trend towards home-based healthcare services
• Integrates mapping tools and communication features for improved care coordination

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Healthcare Technology Analyst

Oracle's new Health Community Care solution addresses critical healthcare delivery gaps by enabling offline access to patient records, strengthening their healthcare market position.

Oracle's launch of Health Community Care represents a strategic expansion of their healthcare portfolio by addressing a critical gap in modern healthcare delivery. The solution enables healthcare practitioners to access and update patient records regardless of network connectivity—a crucial capability as care increasingly shifts to home and rural settings where internet access is often unreliable.

What differentiates this offering in the competitive healthcare IT landscape is its bidirectional synchronization capability. Unlike competitor solutions, information documented offline automatically updates the central electronic health record when connectivity is restored, creating a continuous patient record across all care settings.

This release aligns perfectly with healthcare's ongoing decentralization trend, driven by an aging population, staffing shortages, and cost pressures pushing care delivery beyond traditional facilities. By supporting this transition with purpose-built technology, Oracle positions itself to capture market share in the growing home healthcare segment, projected to exceed $225 billion globally by 2027.

The integration with mapping tools for location navigation and communication features for care team coordination demonstrates Oracle's comprehensive approach to solving real workflow challenges for mobile clinicians. By addressing these practical pain points, Oracle increases the likelihood of strong adoption rates among healthcare providers seeking efficiency gains.

This product launch further solidifies Oracle's commitment to healthcare following its $28 billion acquisition of Cerner (now Oracle Health), demonstrating how they're leveraging cloud expertise to enhance their healthcare offerings and maximize return on that substantial investment.

The mobile technology enables access to vital patient information regardless of network connectivity and location  

AUSTIN, Texas, June 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle today announced the general availability of Oracle Health Community Care, a cloud-based mobile extension of the Oracle Health Foundation electronic health record (EHR). The new offering enables caregivers to securely access and update comprehensive patient charts regardless of network connectivity, so nurses, therapists, dieticians, social workers, and physicians have the information they need to perform in-home patient visits, provide care in mobile clinics, or undertake emergency interventions.

"Care settings are increasingly moving from a centralized environment to a model that incorporates home health, mobile venues, and rural environments where consistent network connections are not always available," said Seema Verma, executive vice president and general manager, Oracle Health and Life Sciences. "With Oracle Health Community Care, we are delivering comprehensive patient health records to caregivers in the field, so they have the information they need to provide quality care anytime, anywhere."

Expanding access to care

With factors like rising healthcare costs, aging populations, and staffing shortages, preference for home care has shifted more services from hospitals to community settings. However, with unreliable network connections in some areas, access to comprehensive patient data can be limited, which hinders the quality and timeliness of care. With Oracle Health Community Care, even clinicians with limited or no connectivity can access current patient chart details and continue to document patient encounters, providing a needed whole person approach to treatment. Unlike other mobile solutions available in the industry, information added to the patient record when offline is synchronized with the EHR to update the master record when the device using Oracle Health Community Care is reconnected to a network.

For example, when patients are discharged from the hospital into home-based care settings, Oracle Health Community Care enables clinicians to securely download the latest patient information from the Oracle Health Foundation EHR via a mobile device and continue to retain access to those records even if internet connectivity is lost. As they are visiting the patient at home, they can update the patient record then upload it into the EHR when the device is reconnected to a network so the entire care team can view near real-time care activity. Using Oracle Health Community Care, clinicians can efficiently document patient assessments, patient orders, or any other changes in condition directly within the mobile solution. This timely access to vital information allows caregivers to provide personalized treatment tailored to each patient's unique needs.

Additionally, Oracle Health Community Care integrates with mapping tools on the mobile device allowing practitioners to view details of neighborhoods and patients' homes to expedite in-home visits. Practitioners can also directly call and message with the patient's primary care provider to help connect all care team members or to gain needed guidance on the patient's treatment.

Learn more about how Oracle is helping customers build open and connected health systems at www.oracle.com/health.

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FAQ

What is Oracle Health Community Care and when will it be available?

Oracle Health Community Care is a cloud-based mobile extension of Oracle Health Foundation EHR that enables healthcare providers to access and update patient records offline. It is generally available as of June 17, 2025.

How does Oracle Health Community Care work without internet connection?

The system allows clinicians to download patient information before losing connectivity and continue accessing and updating records offline. When reconnected, all updates automatically sync with the main EHR system.

What features does Oracle Health Community Care include for home healthcare providers?

The platform includes mapping tools for navigating to patient homes, offline access to patient records, ability to update records during visits, and direct communication capabilities with primary care providers.

Why is Oracle (ORCL) launching this community care solution?

Oracle is responding to healthcare industry challenges including rising costs, aging populations, and staffing shortages, as well as the increasing shift toward home-based care delivery where network connectivity may be limited.

How does Oracle Health Community Care differ from other mobile healthcare solutions?

Unlike other solutions, Oracle Health Community Care provides automatic synchronization of offline updates with the main EHR when network connection is restored, ensuring all care team members have access to near real-time care activity.