| Clinical care | |
| Benefits | Pitfalls |
| Single site of care | Incompatible space/personnel needs |
| Decreased cost (depends on volume) | Increased cost (depends on volume) |
| Shared resources (charts, staff, equipment) | Increased complexity of staff function/training |
| Better communication | Turf wars, politics |
| Coordinated treatment plan | |
| Broad based patient education | |
| Coordinated follow up | |
| Research | |
| Pooled resources (biostatistical informatics, equipment/reagents, staff, space) | Increased complexities and incompatabilities |
| Correlations and input across specialities | Scientific disagreements |
| Enhanced development of evidence for practice and further research | Different “cultures” and educational backgrounds |
| Cross training/education across disciplines | Politics of different departments and research units |
| Ability to train clinicians and investigators beyond primary discipline | |