1. Karen Barrie Stroke Audit Meeting 28 th November 2005 28 th November 2005 CHD & Stroke Managed Clinical Networks On The Web The Potential of Online Workspaces to Support the Work of MCNs & the Stroke Audit Group

2. What are Online Workspaces? Workspaces are collections of Internet-based tools They can help to support the COMMUNICATION, COORDINATION & COLLABORATION activities of geographically distributed groups of people that have a need to work together They can also help to support the day-to-day management and administration of these groups

3. Online Workspaces have now been developed and are being offered to CHD & Stroke MCNs. They are intended to: Help MCN members to find each other through Directory services Enable document sharing across the MCN, within a given sub-group or a smaller working group Support online discussion about topical issues or plans at MCN or group level Allow MCN documents to be authored collaboratively Assist the scheduling and organisation of MCN meetings and events

4. An additional Workspace is being launched to encourage exchange between Stroke MCNs across Scotland and to support the work of national stroke groups This presentation hopes to sow seeds of thought as to how it might support the work of the Stroke Audit Group

25. Thank you  0131 275 6846 e: karen.barrie@isd.csa.scot.nhs.uk