Table 1.

Description of the sample in the wider Global Digital Exemplar Program landscape (n=48)^a.

Overall	Included in in-depth studies (n=12), n (%)	Included in broader studies (n=24), n (%)	Omitted because of late admission to program (n=9), n (%)	Omitted because fast follower merged with GDEb (n=3), n (%)	Total (n=48), n (%)
Overall number of GDEs (excluding ambulance GDEs): 16 acute and 7 mental health	8 (66)	15 (63)	0 (0)	0 (0)	23
Overall number of fast followers: 17 acute and 8 mental health	4 (33)	9 (38)	9 (100)	3 (100)	25

^aThe number of overall Global Digital Exemplars and fast followers differ from those included in our study, as there were some mergers and delays in start dates, which meant that we did not include some provider organizations.

^bGDE: Global Digital Exemplar.