title: Getting granular: learning from the details of collaborative relationships.
abstract: Building a collaborative relationship with other professionals is both risky and full of opportunity. Stories of these relationships may reveal essential details that can help others succeed. They explain professional struggle and reward. Hypotheses that emerge, when tested, often lead to improved health care, cost savings, and a fulfilling work life. The authors share some of their own personal experiences in professional collaborative relationships as an invitation for readers to share theirs. In addition, new editors are introduced for the poetry; 55-word-story; and Families, Systems, and Health in Our Lives sections of the journal.
authors.affiliation: University of Washington School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Larry
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mauksch
authors.affiliation: University of Rochester School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Colleen T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Fogarty
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D017046:Cost Savings; D003376:Counseling; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D058996:Quality Improvement; D012306:Risk