About this guide - Choose and Book
About this guide - Choose and Book
About this guide - Choose and Book
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<strong>About</strong> the <strong>Choose</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>Book</strong> Demonstration<br />
Environment<br />
Technical specification to<br />
access the CBDE<br />
Demonstration Environment User Guide: Page 6 of 49<br />
The CBDE is a copy of the <strong>Choose</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Book</strong> live application <strong>and</strong> is pre-populated with dummy data. It is to be<br />
accessed by accredited users to demonstrate the functionality <strong>and</strong> scope of the <strong>Choose</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Book</strong> service. The<br />
CBDE can be accessed from<br />
https://nww.demo.ebs.ncrs.nhs.uk<br />
You must have access to NHSnet/N3.<br />
The CBDE is a st<strong>and</strong>alone environment – it is not integrated with any external clinical system or with the NHS<br />
Care Records System (Spine). The CBDE provides you with two distinct areas (a <strong>Book</strong>ings <strong>and</strong> Referrals area<br />
<strong>and</strong> a Service Creation area) each with a different set of data <strong>and</strong> roles associated to it (see pages 17 <strong>and</strong> page<br />
39 for further details of each area).<br />
PC Specification<br />
Microsoft® Windows 2000 or XP with Pentium 500 MHz processor <strong>and</strong> 256MB RAM<br />
Microsoft® Windows 98 with Pentium 500 MHz processor <strong>and</strong> 128MB RAM<br />
Microsoft® Internet Explorer version 6 SP1 or above<br />
Adobe Acrobat Reader 5<br />
Java 1.5<br />
You do not need a smartcard to access the CBDE<br />
Connectivity<br />
NHSnet/N3 connection<br />
Minimum 256k b<strong>and</strong>width connection; recommended 512k.<br />
Please be aware that on a busy network with a low speed connection to NHSnet/N3 the CBDE may perform more<br />
slowly.<br />
A full technical briefing document containing more detail can be downloaded from the CBDE log-in page or from<br />
http://nww.choose<strong>and</strong>book.nhs.uk/environment.asp#technical.