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About
The Healthcare Collaborator
What
is The Healthcare Collaborator?
The Healthcare Collaborator is
a monthly online newsletter offering you the communication
strategies you need to build better working relationships
with the people you count on most: your colleagues!
What
makes The Healthcare Collaborator unique?
The
Healthcare Collaborator is unique in several
ways:
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It's entirely devoted to health care communications and
relationship-building.
Some publications regularly include communications as part
of their content; The
Healthcare Collaborator regards communications
as the focal point, not a side issue.
- It's
specifically designed for health care professionals.
Sure, there's a lot of communication advice written for
the general public, but not all of those strategies apply
to the special challenges you face in health care. Our strategies
are designed or adapted just for you.
- It
explores a broad range of topics. From negotiation
strategies to intercultural communication, The
Healthcare Collaborator will give you strategies
on many different aspects of a new theme each month.
- It's
user-friendly -- easy and fun to read in short blocks of
time. You're busier than ever. You hardly have enough
time to read the piles of reading material on your desk
now. That's why we've organized our newsletter into departments.
Read a section at a time, during breaks or between shifts
-- whenever your schedule allows.
- It's
skill-oriented.
The Healthcare Collaborator
is a strategy-oriented newsletter, filled with practical
strategies and tips that you can implement right away. It's
your personal "how-to" manual!
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It taps into a vast wealth of expertise.
You'll get the best possible advice on a broad variety of
communication topics, not only from the "experts," but also
from colleagues around the U.S. who share similar experiences
and face the same types of problems you do -- and figured
out new ways to resolve them.
Why
focus on communication?
Communication
relates to practically everything you do. Whether you're conferring
with a colleague about a patient's treatment, negotiating
with a managed care organization, discussing new policies
in a staff meeting, supervising an employee, or dealing with
an interprofessional conflict, effective communication skills
are critical. [ return to top ]
Will
patient communication also be addressed?
Because of our focus on interprofessional communication, we devote 10 issues each year to a selected theme on communicating with your colleagues. The other two issues emphasize patient
communications -- a subject that's covered in many other publications, but which we address from The
Healthcare Collaborator's perspective. [ return
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Who
will benefit from The Healthcare Collaborator?
YOU will!
We've designed The Healthcare
Collaborator for all types of health care professionals, which is in keeping with the spirit of the newsletter: to open up communication between professions and disciplines, to encourage team work, and to improve interprofessional relationships. Whatever your health profession, whether you're a clinician or administrator, The Healthcare
Collaborator can help. [ return
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What
results can I expect?
Apply the
strategies from The Healthcare
Collaborator and you'll notice:
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A smoother running practice/organization.
Better communication and team work with your colleagues
will have a positive effect on all aspects of your operations:
greater efficiencies, improved morale and job satisfaction
-- even better care and services!
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Fewer unhealthy conflicts.
Conflicts don't have to be divisive and destructive. We'll
show you how to resolve conflicts in ways that actually
improve relationships.
- More
satisfied staff and patients.
Staff members will enjoy an atmosphere of positive, open
communication. Patients will enjoy a better relationship
with providers and staff. And since research indicates that
malpractice claims occur more as a result of communication
problems than by technical errors, they may also be less
likely to sue!
- Ability
to meet today's challenges. Mergers and acquisitions...downsizing
... reorganizations... decentralization...vertical integration...
It's a whole new world! As the health care industry becomes
increasingly complex, and as roles continue to evolve, you
now need to deal with many new players in many new ways.
The Healthcare Collaborator
will show you how! [ return to top ]
This page
was updated in July, 2002.
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