Google news from FierceHealthcare

What used to be a state by state matter--in which a patchwork of laws offered some limited protection when their health data was breached--has now become a national standard. HHS has issued new... Read more...

Like it or not, consumers frequently use open-source encyclopedia Wikipedia for health information. However, it can be dangerous for consumers to rely on such information, which may not have been... Read more...

Last year, a test showed that Google could pinpoint flu outbreaks up to two weeks faster than the CDC's tracking by using search terms. Now Google.org (Google's philanthropic branch) is actively... Read more...

> The long-awaited beta trial of Google Health, Google's personal health record, has finally been launched. Read more...

> The CDC has awarded $38 million in contracts to help health information exchanges and regional health information organizations to create data sharing plans used to deliver information to public... Read more...

Aetna has rolled out a new online service that offers enrollees personalized medical information based on their own medical history. The service, called SmartSource, was first tested on Aetna's own... Read more...

> Google has officially begun storing medical information on individual patients, working in partnership with the Cleveland Clinic. Right now it's a pilot project, but Google intends to roll out... Read more...

When a health plan decides to rate its physician groups like mid-priced eateries,... Read more...

> Medical Properties Trust is spending $100 million to buy three hospitals, including two in Houston and one in Redding, Calif. Read more...

> Former Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona told Congress this week he felt Administration officials prevented from accurately reporting scientific and medical information. Article

> When it comes to universal healthcare, Democratic presidential candidates seem to be sticking to practical approaches modeled on recent Massachusetts reforms. …

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