Newswise — London (January 24, 2012) – Wolters Kluwer Health announced today the release of AIDS app for the iPad® providing health care professionals with full mobile accessibility to the latest research into HIV and AIDS, the top-ranked journal in it field. AIDS is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health.
AIDS for the iPad uses optimized digital technology to provide a fully portable and enhanced print-like reading experience. It is the first app of its kind to offer access to the very latest original scientific research into HIV and AIDS.
“Today’s health care practitioners are increasingly using mobile devices throughout their day to access the medical research and the iPad offers tremendous accessibility to their subscribed content,” said Karen Abramson, President and CEO of Wolters Kluwer Health Medical Research. “We’re pleased to bring AIDS for the iPad to clinicians who need to stay current on the developments in AIDS and HIV research.”
In the field of HIV and AIDS, rapid publication and dissemination of the very latest research is especially important. The new iPad app not only allows content published in the printed journal to be distributed further and faster but the many digital enhancements mean information is in a format that is quicker and easier to read and navigate.
Along with full-text downloads of each monthly issue, the new app offers other enhancements including:• Ability to share articles via email or social media • Adjustable text sizing with "pinch and zoom" • Engaging multimedia videos, images, and supplements • Ability to store or delete downloaded issues • Speedy issue-browsing capability via Quick View • Quick scrolling through abstract summaries• Convenient notification when new issues become available • Link to the AIDS website for easy viewing of the complete AIDS archive and other features
The AIDS for the iPad app is available free of charge for a limited time on the App StoreSM (download by going to the Apple Store on an iPad and browsing for AIDS Journal).
AIDS for the iPad complements the journal website (www.aidsonline.com). In addition to offering the journal archives, the AIDS website also offers mobile view, which optimizes the journal content for viewing on internet-enabled mobile devices. Mobile view has a number of the same features as the desktop version, including search functionality, current table of contents, full-text view, image handling, abstracts, featured articles, and more.
###About AIDSFor 25 years, AIDS, the official journal of the International AIDS Society, has led the field in publishing the very latest ground-breaking research into AIDS and HIV. Read by all the top clinicians and researchers, AIDS has the highest impact of all AIDS-related journals. With 18 issues per year, AIDS guarantees the authoritative presentation of even more significant advances. The Editors, themselves noted international experts who know the demands of HIV/AIDS research, are committed to making AIDS the most distinguished and innovative journal in the field. Visit the journal website at www.aidsonline.com
About Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) is a leading international publisher for healthcare professionals and students with nearly 300 periodicals and 1,500 books in more than 100 disciplines publishing under the LWW brand, as well as content-based sites and online corporate and customer services.
LWW is part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information, business intelligence and point-of-care solutions for the healthcare industry. Wolters Kluwer Health is part of Wolters Kluwer, a market-leading global information services company with 2010 annual revenues of €3.6 billion ($4.7 billion).
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