Subscribe Use our archive to search for previous articles. Dr. Siegler expressed concerns about the difficulty in physician PA and physician NP collaborative relationships.
Physician resistance can be a significant obstacle to a true collaborative continuum.
If a true spirit of collaboration exists, there is a potential for a number of positive outcomes. She also warned that the attempts to force unwilling physicians to collaborate can have the opposite effect. Those definitions can be academic, strategic, or statutory. It is most efficacious in independent or joint practice settings or in team-based disease management. Primary care and home care were also cited as care settings in which collaboration has been shown to yield results.