En integrerad informationstjänst som utvecklades av National Library of Medicine år 1983 under namnet Integrated Academic Information Management Systems. 1992 ändrades namnet till Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems för att spegla att tjänsten inte bara är begränsad till den akademiska världen..
A concept, developed in 1983 under the aegis of and supported by the National Library of Medicine under the name of Integrated Academic Information Management Systems, to provide professionals in academic health sciences centers and health sciences institutions with convenient access to an integrated and comprehensive network of knowledge. It addresses a wide cross-section of users from administrators and faculty to students and clinicians and has applications to planning, clinical and managerial decision-making, teaching, and research. It provides access to various types of clinical, management, educational, etc., databases, as well as to research and bibliographic databases. In August 1992 the name was changed from Integrated Academic Information Management Systems to Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems to reflect use beyond the academic milieu.
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IAIMS — Integrated Academic Information Management Systems