The lockstep system is thought to facilitate collegial interaction among professionals, such as internal referrals, knowledge sharing, and teamwork, since "the only way to improve individual remuneration is to improve overall profitability" (Angel 2007, 204).
The objectives of this study were to examine the frequency of interpersonal interactions among safety professionals (SPs) employed at Taiwanese universities and the factors that affected this frequency.
These findings underscore the social network aspect of such forums, which facilitate interactions among healthcare professionals.
They used more effective information transfer and appointment scheduling practices, as well as planned interactions among healthcare professionals and regular follow-up meetings of care teams.
Interestingly, the authors stated that this television show in particular includes numerous interactions among health professionals of various levels, with a "learn-by-humiliation approach" (p. 240, [ 19]).
To investigate whether the care quality and efficiency are affected by the coordination of care within and between healthcare organizations and the interaction among healthcare professionals [ 5, 15], we computed the COCI.
Gaining a better understanding of zoonotic disease emergence, prevention, and control requires quality basic and applied research, which results from extensive interaction and collaboration among professionals from multiple disciplines.
From an organizational point of view, it would be interesting to monitor interactions among health care professionals and communicate this to clients (i.e. a copy of the record could be left at the client's home and the health professional could discuss it with the family).
A recent study describes the SAMU as a complex system due to the unstable nature of the work, the variety of demands, the uncertainty involved in the required interactions and limited understanding among professionals of the variables involved in their work and other motives [ 28].
Social media provide the opportunities for community building that were lacking in the earliest iterations of distance learning and have proven to be an effective medium to support interactions among globally distributed professional communities (Claussen et al., 2013; Davies & Glasser, 2014; Evans, 2014; Kietzmann et al., 2011).
