The power of networks

Hand, Peter J

doi:10.5694/mja2.50139

Topics

Nervous system diseases

Health services administration

Being part of a network allows the clinician to think beyond the boundaries of their hospital

1 Stroke Clinical Network, Safer Care Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
2 Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC

Correspondence: P.Hand@alfred.org.au

Competing interests:

Peter Hand is Clinical Lead of the Victorian Stroke Clinical Network.

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