Taking shared responsibility

A groundbreaking program at Vanderbilt University is tackling an age-old problem in medicine -- getting health care professionals from different disciplines to actually collaborate on patient care.

The Vanderbilt Program in Interprofessional Learning is one of the first of its kind in the country. Those close to the five-year-old program describe it as ultimately transformative and believe the model represents the future of patient care -- particularly as the industry's payment models continue to change and reward collaboration.