title: Collaboration: leadership in a global technological environment.
abstract: Although collaboration is not a new idea, new opportunities for collaboration exist in this 21st century global-knowledge and information-driven economy. Technology has reduced time and space while enhancing communication, thereby opening the possibilities of exploring new boundaries in the area of interdisciplinary collaboration. The goal of this article is to assist leaders in changing the language of organizations so that new technologies can enhance collaboration. A systematic approach for leaders to use in assisting assist persons, groups, and organizations in integrating new technologies into their organizations locally and globally is offered, along with a summary of new, and several established, collaboration techniques.
authors.affiliation: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA. phintonwalker@usuhs.mil
authors.forename: Patricia Hinton
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: Karen L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Elberson
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000639:trends*; D007857:Leadership; D009726:Nurses; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000639:trends*