Open Book Publishers<p>📚 Exciting News! </p><p>🏥Now available 'Health Care in the Information Society' Volumes 1 & 2 by David Ingram. </p><p>In this fascinating book David Ingram traces the history of <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/informationtechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>informationtechnology</span></a> and <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/healthinformatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthinformatics</span></a> from its pioneers in the middle of the twentieth century to its latest developments. </p><p>The book is distinctive in its broad scope and coverage and as the eyewitness account of an author who became the first UK professor appointed with the mission to bridge <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/informationtechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>informationtechnology</span></a> with everyday <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a>, <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a>, and care.</p><p>In this role, he has been a co-founder and leader of two rapidly growing initiatives, <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/openEHR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openEHR</span></a> and <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OpenEyes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenEyes</span></a>, which stem from international collaborations of universities, health services and industries.These open source and open platform technologies have struck a widely resonant chord worldwide through their focus on community interest endeavours and open access to their methods and outputs.</p><p>🔗<a href="https://openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0335" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">openbookpublishers.com/books/1</span><span class="invisible">0.11647/obp.0335</span></a> & <a href="https://openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0384" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">openbookpublishers.com/books/1</span><span class="invisible">0.11647/obp.0384</span></a></p>