The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has introduced an app for the Apple iPad that delivers convenient access to its newly released library of eBooks. HIMSS is a cause-based not-for-profit organisation focused on the optimal use of information technology in the healthcare industry.
The iPad app was developed by Impelsys, HIMSS’s eBooks technology partner and a global leader in providing electronic content delivery solutions, leveraging Impelsys’ iOS delivery module within its iPublishCentral software platform. The free app can be downloaded from Apple’s App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/app/himss-ebooks/id500455814?mt=8.
In February 2012, HIMSS launched its first eBook store, allowing customers to browse and purchase full-text, online access to HIMSS titles. The eBooks sold on this site are fully searchable and can be downloaded instantly to desktop computers, laptops and iPads. Both members and non-members of HIMSS can purchase eBooks from the HIMSS store. New titles are being added to the online catalogue on a regular basis.
According to Nancy Vitucci, senior manager of publications for HIMSS, there are already 29 eBooks available for immediate download onto the iPad and the association expects to roll out additional titles throughout the second half of 2012. HIMSS eBooks are available on a wider variety of topics in healthcare information technology and management systems, including Research, Ambulatory care, Clinical and nursing informatics, Interoperability, Management, strategy and finance and Professional certification.
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