The AIMS platform provides a secure cloud-based environment that accelerates health information exchange. It has supported electronic messaging between public health agencies since 2008. AIMS offers services for transporting, validating, translating, and routing messages. It migrated to Amazon Web Services in 2014 for improved scalability, security and compliance with standards like HIPAA and FedRAMP. AIMS supports numerous public health programs by exchanging data on infectious diseases, laboratory results, immunizations and more. It aims to further interoperability through new initiatives and a focus on integration, analytics and collaboration.