The new service, which should launch later this year, is aimed at smaller customers hoping to outsource revenue cycle management, a spokesperson said.
Apple reveals plans to put health records on the iPhone
Google to crack down on medical records in search results
Google added "confidential, personal medical records of private people" to its removal policy, signaling the company's first step to eliminating sensitive health information from its search results.
The tech giant updated the list of content it reserves the right to remove from search results June 22, according to Bloomberg. Under the revision, private medical records will be considered "sensitive personal information," which also includes information like individuals' Social Security, bank account and credit card numbers.
Prior to June 22, Google's most recent change to its removal policy took place in 2015, when it added a category related to "nude or sexually explicit images that were uploaded or shared without ... consent," according to The Guardian.
The decision follows several information security incidents that demonstrated how medical records may be posted online. A pathology lab in India unintentionally uploaded more than 43,000 patient records in December, according to Bloomberg, which were indexed in Google's search results.
The removal policy targets personal information that "creates significant risks of identity theft, financial fraud or other specific harms," according to Google. The search engine applies its right to remove content on a case-by-case basis, in part by reviewing individual requests submitted online.
Click here to view Google's removal policy.
DOD reveals Cerner implementation timeline
During a Senate appropriations subcommittee hearing on March 29, the U.S. Department of Defense presented an updated timeline for its Cerner implementation rollout.
Here are five things to know.
1. Stacy A. Cummings, a program executive officer for defense healthcare management systems, testified on behalf of DOD at a hearing on the defense health program budget for fiscal year 2018. She said rollout of the new EHR system, MHS Genesis, will follow a "wave model," ultimately replacing DOD's legacy healthcare systems, which encompass more than 9.4 million beneficiaries.
"This approach allows DOD to take full advantage of lessons learned and experiences gained from prior waves to maximize efficiencies in subsequent waves," Ms . Cummings said during her testimony.
2. The EHR system uses a commercial platform by Cerner as part of a $4.3 billion DOD contract awarded to Leidos, Cerner and Accenture in July 2015.
3. The first wave of facilities to receive MHS Genesis began on Feb. 7 in the Pacific Northwest, when the DOD implemented MHS Genesis at Fairchild Air Force Base outside Spokane, Wash.
4. The next three implementation sites will be Naval Hospital Oak Harbor, Naval Hospital Bremerton and Madigan Army Medical Center outside Lakewood, all located in Washington state. This MHS Genesis roll out will begin at the end of fiscal year 2017.
5. From there, deployment will proceed with 23 waves across three continental U.S. regions and two regions overseas through 2022. The typical wave will include three hospitals and 15 physical locations and will last for roughly one year.
Click here to view the full testimony.