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Oracle Health has unveiled new emergency management capabilities in its health system operations suite, designed to help hospitals manage crisis situations more effectively. The enhanced features include improvements to Oracle Health Patient Flow, Clinical Operations Whiteboard, Transfer Center, and Command Center Dashboard.

The update focuses on streamlining mass patient transfers, bed management, and evacuation planning, allowing healthcare organizations to respond rapidly to emergency situations. Key improvements include batch action capabilities for bed management teams and dynamic bed visibility management. The new features will be available to existing health systems operations customers at no additional cost.

The development was done in collaboration with MedStar Health and BayCare Health, addressing previous inefficiencies in mass patient transfers that relied on manual processes. The enhanced system allows care teams to prioritize patient movements and maintain better situational awareness during crisis management.

Oracle has announced it will release its third quarter fiscal year 2025 financial results on Monday, March 10th, 2025, after market close. The company will hold a conference call and live webcast at 4:00 p.m. Central Time to discuss the results. Investors can access the live webcast through the Oracle Investor Relations website at www.oracle.com/investor.

Oracle (ORCL) has unveiled its new Oracle Energy and Water Data Exchange, a cloud-based solution aimed at transforming utility data management and AI implementation. The platform standardizes fragmented enterprise and third-party information into a unified industry model with natural language meaning.

Built on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), the solution features validation checks, error reporting, cleansing, and synchronization processes to ensure data accuracy. It incorporates multiple industry standards including IEEE and IEC, facilitating secure data sharing across partners. The platform leverages OCI Integration Services and Oracle Database 23ai's AI Vector Search and machine learning capabilities.

The solution specifically targets IT teams, consultants, and integration specialists, focusing on managing data quality across sources and enabling smooth integration between disparate systems. Oracle plans to expand the platform to include a data sharing framework for validated data exchange across teams and external partners.

Lubbock Power & Light (LP&L) has transformed its business model by becoming the first Texas municipal utility to voluntarily opt into retail electric competition, supported by Oracle's technology. The utility implemented Oracle Utilities Customer Cloud Service and Oracle Utilities Advanced Meter Solution in 2021, followed by Oracle Utilities Market Transaction Management to enable competitive retail operations.

Since January 5, 2024, customers can choose from multiple retail electric providers, with LP&L focusing on maintaining electrical infrastructure. This transition to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) system eliminates expensive fixed capacity charges and saves $350-$700 million by avoiding the construction of a new power plant.

Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) has announced new AI agent capabilities within its Oracle Textura Payment Management Cloud Service. The integrated generative AI-powered assistant provides real-time support to help subcontractors with payment applications and related tasks.

Textura, one of the most used construction payment solutions, has processed over $1 trillion in construction payments across more than 120,000 projects, serving over 200,000 subcontractors since 2006. The platform currently handles approximately 11,500 support calls monthly.

The new AI assistant allows subcontractors to quickly check payment status, access required forms, and complete necessary documentation through simple text queries. The system provides contextualized responses and guides users through subsequent actions, such as identifying specific projects and completing pending compliance documents.

Oracle has announced the general availability of Oracle Interconnect for Microsoft Azure supporting Oracle US Government Cloud, connecting Oracle US Gov West (Phoenix) and Azure US Gov Arizona (Phoenix) regions. This integration enables government agencies to migrate workloads to FedRAMP High-authorized environments.

The interconnect combines Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect and Microsoft ExpressRoute, delivering less than two milliseconds round-trip latency for multicloud performance. Notable features include zero data transfer charges between clouds, direct connection to Oracle Autonomous Database and Exadata Database Service, and seamless integration with Azure analytics applications.

The service allows government agencies to leverage both clouds' strengths, with applications like Oracle Communications session border controllers benefiting from Oracle Government Cloud's reliability while maintaining Microsoft Teams connectivity.

Oracle Health has been named a leader in the IDC MarketScape U.S. Healthcare Data Platform for Providers 2024-25 Vendor Assessment. The company's Health Data Intelligence platform was recognized among 15 technology providers for its ability to integrate and analyze data from multiple healthcare sources without complex system integration.

Built on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), the platform provides a fully managed intelligent data lake with built-in AI and analytics capabilities. It continuously integrates patient data from clinical, claims, revenue cycle, social determinants, and pharmacy sources to deliver comprehensive insights across workflows. The solution enables healthcare providers to improve care quality, operational efficiency, and financial performance while reducing administrative burden.

The IDC report highlighted Oracle Health's strong emphasis on interoperability and its partnership with Advocate Health as evidence of the platform's impact on improving care quality while managing costs.

Oracle (ORCL) has been named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for CRM Customer Engagement Center for the twelfth consecutive time. The recognition highlights Oracle Fusion Cloud Service's 'Ability to Execute' and 'Completeness of Vision' in delivering customer service solutions.

The company's Oracle Service platform offers AI-powered capabilities that help organizations:

• Automate the complete customer service lifecycle
• Accelerate resolution speed through predictive analytics
• Enable cross-department collaboration
• Reduce agent workloads with self-service tools
• Streamline service engagements with AI-generated summaries

As part of Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite, the service integrates with finance, HR, field service, and supply chain applications to improve operational efficiency and enhance customer experience.

Oracle has been recognized as a Leader in the 2025 IDC MarketScape Report for Worldwide Public Cloud Infrastructure as a Service. The assessment evaluated 13 providers based on service delivery scale, functionality, and innovation.

Key highlights include Oracle's strong multicloud partnerships with Microsoft Azure (12 regions), Google Cloud (11 regions), and AWS, enabling customers to run Oracle databases directly in major hyperscalers' datacenters with low latency and no data transfer fees. The report emphasizes OCI's significant investments in AI infrastructure, including OCI Supercluster with up to 131,072 NVIDIA GPUs.

The assessment highlights Oracle's varied compute portfolio featuring Intel, AMD, and Arm-based options, with recent updates supporting expanded GPU and AI/ML-focused instances. OCI Dedicated Region delivers full Oracle Cloud services on-premises, particularly appealing to regulated sectors like financial services, healthcare, and government.