What if some of AI’s most meaningful possibilities aren’t measured only in productivity, but in time with a patient, a clearer picture of someone’s health, or a faster path from research to treatment?
At the Oracle Health and Life Sciences Summit 2026, leaders from across healthcare and life sciences came together to explore the next era of healthcare—and how AI and connected data can help move the industry forward.
The focus was practical: putting AI to work across clinical operations, patient engagement, research, and care delivery. Behind that work is something deeply human: the opportunity to give healthcare professionals better tools, help researchers make sense of complex information, and create more connected patient experiences.
The next era of healthcare in action
In the Summit keynote, Oracle CEO Mike Sicilia and Seema Verma, executive vice president and general manager of Oracle Health and Life Sciences, explored how healthcare organizations use AI to shape the future of care. Healthcare providers also shared practical perspectives on putting Oracle AI to work in hospital, community, and other care settings.
The discussion reflects the broader work happening across Oracle Health. AI is embedded across Oracle’s technology, from data platforms to cloud applications, providing actionable insights that help healthcare organizations deliver efficient, enhanced care.
And several other announcements from the Summit showed what that can look like in practice.
Connected intelligence in cancer care
Oracle announced Oracle Health Oncology EHR, a new solution purpose-built for the distinct demands of cancer care. Building on Oracle’s modern, AI-powered ambulatory electronic health record (EHR), it brings together oncology-specific workflows, AI-fueled clinical intelligence from multiple data sources, and connected information that supports patient care from diagnosis through treatment and follow-up.
With embedded AI agents and clinical decision support, the context-aware EHR is expected to help care teams navigate the complexity of cancer care in inpatient and outpatient settings.
As Seema Verma said in announcing the solution, “Oracle Health Oncology EHR is designed to bring the patient’s story together and provide personalized treatment recommendations, helping clinicians focus their time and expertise where they matter most: caring for the person in front of them.”
Helping research move from questions to insights
The impact of connected data and AI extends beyond the point of care.
Oracle Life Sciences Data Intelligence now combines real-world data, domain-trained AI capabilities, and advanced analytics in a single connected intelligence platform, helping pharmaceutical research teams move from questions to actionable insights faster. Researchers can use natural language to explore and refine patient cohorts, perform outcome analyses, and automate multistep research workflows.
That technology is also supporting research on aging. Oracle and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging announced a collaboration to provide insights into age-related disease and support discoveries that can extend the healthy years of life. Buck will use Oracle Life Sciences Data Intelligence and advanced analytics to research biomarkers aimed at enabling earlier detection and targeted intervention for aging-related complications.
It’s an example of how technology, data, and scientific expertise can come together to explore questions about health and aging that affect people around the world.
Giving nurses more time to focus on care
Recent innovation also includes the availability of Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent for nurses in the United States.
The agent is embedded directly into Oracle Health Foundation EHR. Its AI-powered capabilities combine voice-driven chart navigation and search, acute nursing summaries, and voice-enabled discrete charting to help nurses quickly find patient information, document care in near real time, and spend more time with patients.
Technology with human impact
Conversations around AI are big, and so are the questions. At the Oracle Health and Life Sciences Summit, we saw what those conversations can look like when they start with real healthcare challenges and focus on turning ideas into practice.
From helping care teams navigate cancer treatment to giving researchers new ways to explore data and reduce administrative work, these are challenges where technology serves a deeply human purpose.
And people make that progress possible.
At Oracle, technologists, healthcare experts, researchers, and many others are working on complex problems at the intersection of data, AI, cloud technology, and human health. And there’s much more work ahead, with opportunities for people across disciplines to contribute.
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