Table 3.

Technological capabilities related to communication with other parts of the health and social care system.

Agreed list of capabilities	“Strongly agreed” and “agreed”a (%)	Number of experts who agreed, (n=31)	Median	IQRb
1. Exchange of prescription information in a structured way within and between organizations and sectors	87	27	1	1-2
2. Local sharing of relevant data across the local health care ecosystem facilitated by interfacing or interoperability of electronic systems	84	26	1	1-2
3. A unique patient identifier used across the health care systemc	84	26	1	1-2
4. Data analysis at scale and use of insights to deliver targeted care for high-risk and high-use groups of patients (eg, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma) across a population or area	84	26	2	1-2
5. Using digital systems to enable the seamless (through interfaces/integration) flow and use of information/data across organizational boundaries within a local health care ecosystem	81	25	1	1-2
6. Ability to interoperate with other standard-based external systemsc	81	25	2	1-2
7. Referrals within and between hospitals are always managed electronically	77	24	1	1-2
8. Ability to send communications to primary care and social care through a variety of media	77	24	2	1-2
9. Ability to produce data for audits and other reports based on the routine collection of complete, accurate, and quality data	74	23	2	1-3
10. Discharge to primary care and community is always managed electronically	71	22	1	1-2

^aExperts rated how much they agree that the capability can be used to assess the level of digital excellence in hospitals on a scale from “1” (strongly agree) to “9” (strongly disagree).

^bIQR: Interquartile range.

^cNew capabilities suggested by experts in Round 1 of the eDelphi.