Big news for hospitals and other care facilities that are currently using Citrix XenApp infrastructure to deliver Windows applications, but whose staff wants to use iPhones at work too -- Citrix just unveiled the Citrix Receiver for iPhone. Now iPhone and iTouch users can download the Citrix app and access any of their facility's Windows applications, so users can open documents, update reports, approve expenses, join a webinar and more.

Citrix announced the launch of the Receiver app earlier this week at its Citrix Synergy conference in Las Vegas on May 5. The app is available for free from Apple's iTunes store.

Citrix offers up Cerner and McKesson as two companies whose applications will now be available to iPhone users thanks to the Citrix Receiver app:

"Simply install, login, and work," the Citrix product page explains, "Citrix Receiver gives you instant, real-time access to Windows apps and docs hosted in your corporate XenApp environment. Work with apps from companies like Cerner, McKesson, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP whether you're in an airport, at the doctor's office or in a meeting."

Of course, the first concern for many hospital CIOs will be this solution's security. According to Citrix, "with Citrix Receiver, only keyboard input, screen gestures and screen updates traverse the network. This means that data, like e-mail and intellectual property, remains safe and secure on your company network and never gets sent to or stored on your iPhone."

For more, visit the Citrix Receiver product page here.
Be sure to read eWeek's product review of the Citrix Receiver here.