Evaluating the Impact of the National Health Service Digital Academy on Participants' Perceptions of Their Identity as Leaders of Digital Health Change: Mixed Methods Study.

A digital leadership course aimed at providing attendees with the necessary attributes to guide transformation can have a significant impact on professional identity formation. This can create a sense of belonging to a wider health leadership structure and facilitate the attainment of organizational and national digital targets. This effect is diminished by a lack of locoregional support for professional development.