The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) plans to conduct a survey to assess U.S. attitudes toward electronic health information exchange (HIE) and its associated privacy and security aspects.

Axolotl unveiled its Elysium Open Access web services-based platform at the HIMSS10 show in Atlanta last week. In addition, the company demonstrated its integration capabilities with a variety of other vendors systems at the HIMSS10 Interoperability Showcase.

Symantec unveiled Symantec Health, a new hosted medical image archiving and sharing application for healthcare providers, at the 2010 HIMSS conference in Atlanta last week.

The American Medical Association (AMA) and Dell are collaborating for health IT adoption for such technologies as EMRs, e-prescribing and laboratory services through the AMAs new health information solutions platform for physicians.

Teamwork was the focus for Emdeon at the HIMSS10 conference in Atlanta last week, which featured the Harlem Globetrotters shooting baskets in the center of the booth.

ATLANTAInterSystems participated in a demonstration that simulated state-to-state health information exchange (HIE) for the duration of the HIMSS10 conference this week.

A February report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on health information exchanges (HIEs) cited ways that sharing electronic personal health information about a patient has had a positive effect on the quality of care providers deliver to patients.

LifeImage, an Internet service provider of e-sharing for diagnostic imaging information, has released its internet-based Trauma Image Management & Exchange  platform for hospitals, radiology groups and physicians.