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NHS Online. NHS Resource Centre: background. The website first launched in September 2006 to honour three key NHS EWA deliverables: Ensure wide distribution of the Home User Programme and Employee Purchase Programmes Deliver free Office, SharePoint and InfoPath training online to all NHS staff
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NHS Resource Centre: background • The website first launched in September 2006 to honour three key NHS EWA deliverables: • Ensure wide distribution of the Home User Programme and Employee Purchase Programmes • Deliver free Office, SharePoint and InfoPath training online to all NHS staff • Provide useful, relevant & strategic information to NHS TDMs and BDMs
Today’s NHS Resource Centre • Ongoing customer feedback resulted in a number of fundamental changes to the portal with a re-launch last August: • Creation of a community driven site based on .NET technology utilising the latest Web 2.0 features • The portal is a collaborative site that enables: • Homepage customisation including personal avatars and RSS feeds • The ability to add content (articles, comments, tips and events) • The ability to create specific Groups • A powerful internal search tool and tagging
Vital Statistics • The site now attracts 38,000 unique users per month • 120,000 page views per month • Approximately 4000 registered members • 4000 licences of Office purchased monthly by NHS home users • 4500 Newsletter subscribers • 6000 E-Learning registrations
NHS Resource Centre Functionality • Homepage customisation: create a personalised view with your RSS feeds, your recent articles and events and your tag cloud • Benefit from a powerful Search tool and explore all tags • Add your own RSS feeds • Add your own content • Subscribe to useful email alerts
NHS Resource Centre Functionality • Most Popular feature: Groups • Within groups you can start and participate in discussion forums • The Process Modelling Community group was set up in conjunction with the NHS Institute and NHS partners, TC Analyzer • The group supports patient pathway deliverables • Users can submit process models via the community and also download process models as part of the Process Modelling Library. • The NHS Institute and TC Analyzer offer a free verification service that will confirm that process models adhere to the notation used.
Benefits: HUP & EPP • To take advantage of both benefits all you need is an NHS email address • HUP offers free Office 2007 or Office 2004 for Mac – you only pay for P&P (under £18) • EPP offers discounts on games, hardware and a host of MS software plus up to 70% off Windows Vista upgrades
Online Bookshop • NHS staff benefit: you need to be signed in to enter the bookshop • 50% off all Microsoft Press titles • Free postage and packaging on purchases over £16 • Fast delivery and online support • Books in Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Vista, some Microsoft certification training books and many more
NHS E-Learning • Approximately 6000 NHS users have signed up for online training • Staff can train from work or home with an Internet connection – and it’s free! • Courses in Office 2003, InfoPath and SharePoint 2003 • Brand new courses in Office 2007, Groove, SharePoint Services and Windows Vista launch at the beginning of next month • Get a sneak peak at the new E-learning design and functionalities launching next month....
NHS E-Learning: functionality • A personal dashboard gives easy access to all courses and keeps track of latest exercises completed • Add courses to your personal training plan and track your progress • Receive assigned courses from your Training Manager • Add comments to the exercises you have taken • Coming soon: • More training courses • Self-assessments and printable certificates
Next Steps • Sign up free at www.microsoft/com/uk/nhs • Use any Windows Live ID to sign up, then register with your NHS email address when prompted • Sign up for the free eNewsletter for latest info & offers • Send feedback/questions to nhsweb@microsoft.com