{"id":928,"date":"2014-05-21T21:47:56","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T20:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/adc\/?p=928"},"modified":"2014-05-21T21:47:56","modified_gmt":"2014-05-21T20:47:56","slug":"boundary-spanning-in-collaborative-networks-asleep-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/adc\/2014\/05\/21\/boundary-spanning-in-collaborative-networks-asleep-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Boundary spanning in collaborative networks. Asleep yet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/bridge-5-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes you need a massive push to take you beyond a title into reading a paper.<\/p>\n<p>(Well, when I say sometimes, I mean &#8216;most times&#8217;. Often, the push can be the patient that has driven you to start looking. Sometimes the push is the grand round or journal club you need to present. Rarely, it&#8217;s because\u00a0you just want to expand you mind a little more than &#8220;high CO2, increase frequency&#8221; &#8230; )<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3648408\">Bridges, brokers and boundary spanners in collaborative networks: a systematic review<\/a>&#8221; actually contains a mass of really deeply interesting ideas.<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Health care is made of tribes that don&#8217;t talk<\/li>\n<li>Collaborative networks seek to join people to improve efficiency and share knowledge<\/li>\n<li>Making a network work requires something to reach between and join the silos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The best networks seem to work when there are many of these connections, and the connections are mutually beneficial.\u00a0The people that\u00a0allow connections to be made, or who are the connection, are known\u00a0by a variety of titles, including bridges, brokers, and boundary spanners.<\/p>\n<p>In common with much research, the authors examine a painstaking amount of data to conclude some things which strike you as blinding obvious. (But remember &#8211; we docs are astoundingly good at constructing explanations for presented data.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Richly bridged networks are more robust<\/li>\n<li>Brokers are well regarded by others in the network<\/li>\n<li>Boundary spanning can share\u00a0practical solutions, access facts and\u00a0encourage collaboration<\/li>\n<li>Brokers enjoy their position<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But they also warn that this position<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Can be stressful and disruptive for the individual<\/li>\n<li>Provide a point-of-failure if the network has a single bridge<\/li>\n<li>May be disruptive if the source of mis-communication<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They conclude that the past thirty years have provided data to support the development and recognition of brokers to improve the effectiveness of networks. 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