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The core values of both interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) and relational coordination (RC) include the provision of the best possible care through optimal communication between all participants involved in that care including professionals and support staff as well as patients and their families. Both approaches stress the need to build shared goals, shared knowledge and mutual respect across professional boundaries.

In this editorial, the authors see tremendous potential for these two conversations to connect to provide more powerful solutions to the challenges currently facing health care:

1. achieving high-quality cost-effective care as required by all current healthcare reforms
2. achieving person- or relationship-centered care
3. learning to work better together through the redesign of professional education

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