Collaboration is key

Spending three months in East Tennessee State University in the Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy as part of an Erasmus+ programme allowed us to experience first hand the impact collaborative care has on improving patient outcomes. Inter-professional collaboration, at its core, involves acknowledgement of different healthcare professionals’ skill sets and expertise, and has been shown to contribute to a more efficient and advanced healthcare system, which we saw first hand in ambulatory care clinics and hospitals in Tennessee.