@article{f65b0f462b2f4594918fc7ae33cf6f1f,
title = "Collaboration Around Rare Bone Diseases Leads to the Unique Organizational Incentive of the Amsterdam Bone Center",
abstract = "In the field of rare bone diseases in particular, a broad care team of specialists embedded in multidisciplinary clinical and research environment is essential to generate new therapeutic solutions and approaches to care. Collaboration among clinical and research departments within a University Medical Center is often difficult to establish, and may be hindered by competition and non-equivalent cooperation inherent in a hierarchical structure. Here we describe the “collaborative organizational model” of the Amsterdam Bone Center (ABC), which emerged from and benefited the rare bone disease team. This team is often confronted with pathologically complex and under-investigated diseases. We describe the benefits of this model that still guarantees the autonomy of each team member, but combines and focuses our collective expertise on a clear shared goal, enabling us to capture synergistic and innovative opportunities for the patient, while avoiding self-interest and possible harmful competition.",
keywords = "amsterdam bone center (ABC), clinical, collaborative organization, non-hierarchical, rare bone diseases, research",
author = "EMW Eekhoff and D Micha and T Forouzanfar and {de Vries}, {Teun J.} and J.C. Netelenbos and Jenneke Klein-Nulend and {van Loon}, JJWA and WD Lubbers and LA Schwarte and PR Schober and PGHM Raijmakers and Teunissen, {Berend Popko} and {de Graaf}, P and AA Lammertsma and MM Yaqub and E Botman and S Treurniet and BJ Smilde and A B{\"o}kenkamp and A Boonstra and O Kamp and JA Nieuwenhuijzen and Visser, {Marieke C.} and JC Baayen and MR Dahele and Eeckhout, {Guus M} and TPM Goderie and C Smits and M Gilijamse and KH Karagozoglu and {van der Valk}, P and C Dickhoff and AC Moll and FD Verbraak and Katie Curro-Tafili and E Ghyczy and T Rustemeyer and Peeroz Saeed and A Maugeri and G Pals and A Ridwan-Pramana and E Pekel and Ton Schoenmaker and WF Lems and HAH Winters and M Botman and GF Giannak{\'o}poulos and P Koolwijk and Janssen, {Jeroen M. W. M.} and P Kloen and N Bravenboer and JM Smit and MN Helder",
year = "2020",
month = aug,
day = "11",
doi = "10.3389/fendo.2020.00481",
language = "English",
volume = "11",
journal = "Frontiers in Endocrinology",
issn = "1664-2392",
publisher = "Frontiers Media S.A.",
}