I agree with you that the goal of the interprofessional team should be the patient’s interest, thus care team coordination and effective communication are important in achieving such goal. However, “barriers such as professional divisions and hierarchies, stereotyping, and differing value systems have been widely reported” (Miers & Pollard, 2009, p. 31) and any conflicts that arise should be handled professionally. Positive patient care outcomes happen when there’s a collaborative effort of the team members in sharing their expertise driven by a common goal of providing a quality patient care (Mauk, 2014). Otherwise, bumpy transition and fragmented patient care is delivered. This fragmented care not only has a negative impact on the patient,
