Promoting inter-organisational knowledge sharing: A qualitative evaluation of England's Global Digital Exemplar and Fast Follower Programme.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Global Digital Exemplar (GDE) Programme was designed to promote the digitisation of hospital services in England. Selected provider organisations that were reasonably digitally-mature were funded with the expectation that they would achieve internationally recognised levels of excellence and act as exemplars ('GDE sites') and share their learning with somewhat less digitally-mature Fast Follower (FF) sites.

Aims

This paper explores how partnerships between GDE and FF sites have promoted knowledge sharing and learning between organisations.

Methods

We conducted an independent qualitative longitudinal evaluation of the GDE Programme, collecting data across 36 provider organisations (including acute, mental health and speciality), 12 of which we studied as

SUBMITTER: Hinder S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8328305 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature