OpenAthens, which is part of Jisc, has announced that its contract to provide secure, single sign-on facilities to NHS staff in England has been renewed.
The National Institute for Care Excellence (NICE), which procures services on behalf of the NHS in England, has renewed the three-year deal following a rigorous selection process.
Importantly, the renewal cements OpenAthens' longstanding partnership with the NHS in England and will ensure continuity for all staff.
The OpenAthens service means that NHS and social care staff in England will continue to use single sign-on to access online health and social care resources. Crucially, staff can retrieve vital published research and articles from specialist publishers. NHS organizations will continue to be part of the OpenAthens federation – a global community of information providers and publishers.
NICE recognizes that the federation ecosystem is the most efficient way for NHS librarians and content providers to manage access to digital content.
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