Oracle Health integrates ID.me digital identity to simplify patient access and provider credentialing

Oracle Health announced a collaboration with ID.me to add ID.me's digital identity and verification capabilities into Oracle Health solutions. The integration is designed to simplify patient intake, give patients control over which records they share, and support stronger credentialing for providers who prescribe controlled substances electronically.

Patient intake and registration remain time-consuming for clinics and hospitals. Allowing patients to verify their identity digitally before arrival or during check-in can reduce repetitive forms and streamline registration workflows. For providers, high-assurance credentialing for electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS) helps meet security and compliance expectations tied to controlled-substance prescriptions.

Wes Turbeville, senior vice president of federal and healthcare at ID.me, positioned the partnership as bringing ID.me's reusable digital wallets to Oracle's ecosystem to simplify patient experiences and support high-assurance credentialing for controlled substances.

• Patients: Organizations using Oracle Health solutions will be able to offer digital identity verification to patients prior to or during check-in, with an option for patients to choose which records to share.
• Providers: ID.me's existing EPCS credentialing is already used by more than 100,000 prescribers nationwide and is available now for Oracle Health customers.
• Network scale: ID.me reports nearly 5 million medical professionals in its network, and notes over 175 million users across government and commercial services, including integrations with federal and state agencies and more than 100 healthcare organizations.
• Standards: ID.me states its technology meets federal standards for consumer authentication set by the Commerce Department and is approved as a NIST 800-63 IAL2 / AAL2 credential service provider by the Kantara Initiative.

ID.me's EPCS credentialing is available now to Oracle Health customers. The companies promoted the collaboration at the Oracle Health and Life Sciences Summit and pointed readers to the summit site for more information.

The integration targets two persistent operational problems: repetitive patient intake and secure, standards-aligned provider credentialing for controlled-substance e-prescribing. Institutions using Oracle Health that prioritize streamlined registration and EPCS compliance can adopt ID.me's verification and credentialing services without waiting for a separate vendor implementation.