Robert C. Like, MD, MS

Collaboration is important in healthcare, as evidenced by the growing number of "learning communities" and grassroots efforts that are bringing people and organizations together to work on the issue of eliminating disparities in health and healthcare.

In his July 2009 editorial, Dr. Robert C. Like, MD, MS, wrote about the importance of creating "communities of practice" and the increasing role of the Web and collaboration in facilitating the development of learning networks. Here, he continues this discussion by sharing some perspectives from the field of library science about the impact of the Internet on clinical practice and public health.

With the election of a new administration in Washington, a dialogue about transforming our healthcare system is beginning.

Projects like the documentary, UNNATURAL CAUSES … is Inequality Making Us Sick? can serve as an excellent starting-off point from which we can collectively begin to address disparities in health and healthcare one person, one family, one organization, and one community at a time.

MDNG: Focus on Multicultural Healthcare is pleased to announce Robert C. Like, MD, MS, director of the Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity, and professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, has joined us as Physician Editor-in-Chief.