Measuring Interprofessional Collaboration Between 2 Palliative Care Teams

Community-based, nurse specialist–led palliative care teams have been hypothesized to reduce patient acute care use through increased provider collaboration. However, levels of collaboration within these teams have never been compared with those in usual care models. Two palliative care teams in Ontario, Canada, were surveyed: a usual care team and a specialist team, which exhibit differences in patient acute care use. Health professionals were …