NHS-HE Connectivity Project
24 October 2013 at 3:16pm
The NHS-Higher Education Connectivity Project aims to:
Co-ordinate and support network connectivity between the NHS and Universities involved with education and research in medicine, nursing and professions allied to medicine.
And it has as its objective:
To achieve good inter-operability between NHS and Higher Education (HE) networks that enable secure anytime, anywhere access by medical, nursing and allied profession students, clinical teachers and researchers
The NHS-HE Connectivity Project is overseen by the NHS-HE Forum.
Benefits for students and staff
- Improved ease of collaborative working between NHS and University based staff
- Best use of work and study time and available resources
- Independence from study or work location, whether in NHS or University
- No need for duplicate IT facilities such as PCs
- Fewer usernames and passwords
Benefits for NHS Trusts and Universities
- Help attract and keep the best students, clinical teachers and researchers
- Improved ease of collaborative working between NHS and University based staff
- Cost savings through some shared network infrastructure
- Cost savings through the avoidance of duplicate IT resources
- Improved integration and efficiency of IT support
- Cost effective access to extra applications for some services from the other sector
