Bridges, brokers and boundary spanners in collaborative networks: a systematic review
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- 30 April 2013
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Health Services Research
- Vol. 13 (1), 158
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-158
Abstract
Bridges, brokers and boundary spanners facilitate transactions and the flow of information between people or groups who either have no physical or cognitive access to one another, or alternatively, who have no basis on which to trust each other. The health care sector is a context that is rich in isolated clusters, such as silos and professional “tribes,” in need of connectivity. It is a key challenge in health service management to understand, analyse and exploit the role of key agents who have the capacity to connect disparate groupings in larger systems.Keywords
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