Interprofessional Collaboration Requires Innovative Education And Practice To Improve Outcomes

Scan the healthcare trade media and one would think every health professional has a magic elixir for industry-wide transformation. Clinicians often read about smartphones poised to disrupt healthcare and how genetic data sharing will revolutionize the industry. It’s true. Telemedicine, wearable devices, and healthcare apps will enhance care quality, safety, efficiency, and outcomes as well as control costs in the years to come. But achieving sustainable, synergistic, industry-wide change will require more than a string of high-tech innovations. By Michelle Troseth, RN, MSN, DPNAP, FAAN, Chief Professional Practice Officer, Elsevier Clinical Solutions