Oracle Health Makes Clinical AI Agent Note-Drafting Tool Available in the UK

Oracle Health has made its Clinical AI Agent, Clinical Note available across the UK, the company said on February 12 in a release distributed by PR Newswire, read via Finviz. The software uses ambient voice capture during a consultation to draft structured patient notes, which clinicians then review and approve. Oracle said it is available to NHS trusts and private practices.

The launch follows pilots at several NHS trusts. Barts Health NHS Trust, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Milton Keynes University Hospital are now deploying the tool more broadly across their organisations, Oracle said.

How it works

The system listens to the patient-clinician conversation through a mobile device placed near the patient and generates clinical documentation, including notes, care plans and follow-up actions, IT Brief UK reported. The output is structured for use within the trust's own systems, the outlet said.

“They just need to download the app on their phone, place it near the patient to record the conversation, and this is processed in the trust system to strip out any chat that is not relevant to diagnosis or treatment,” said Sarah Jensen, group chief informatics officer at Barts Health NHS Trust, in Oracle's release.

Sanjay Gautama, chief clinical information officer at Imperial College Healthcare and North West London Integrated Care Board, said the notes “are then available for clinical staff to review, approve, and action appropriate follow-up care.” Robin Kearney, a consultant in acute medicine at Milton Keynes University Hospital, said he can complete a letter and hand it to the patient “before they even leave the department a few minutes later.”

Company figures and policy backdrop

Oracle said the product launched in the U.S. a year ago and is now used in more than 300 organizations, where it says the tool has saved doctors more than 200,000 hours and reduced average documentation time per patient by about 40%. The release did not give UK pilot measurements.

The company tied the launch to the government's 10-Year Health Plan, Fit for the Future, which calls for wider use of digital tools and AI in care, and to its commitment to invest $5 billion over five years in UK cloud services. IT Brief noted that the National Cancer Plan also highlights ambient voice technology.

“Bringing these innovative capabilities to the NHS is a key part of our commitment to help empower their doctors,” said Seema Verma, executive vice president and general manager of Oracle Health and Life Sciences.