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Conclusion
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Mature, motivated health care professional teams must work together to thrive...
Attention to the bottom-line is encroaching on the humanitarian focus of patient care. Interdisciplinary collaboration can help to keep patient well-being central in spite of economic pressures. Mature, motivated health care professional teams must work together to thrive by fostering self-awareness and preventing burnout. Effective, collaborative partners will waste little time posturing and will instead focus their attention on issues of importance (Eisenhardt et al., 1997). Leaders of collaborative teams will be optimistic and positive, inspiring hope in others when change is unsettling. Using the variety of strategies presented in this article can enhance interdisciplinary collaboration and promote quality patient care in an era of decreased resources and enhanced expectations.