We are entering an era of precision medicine where prevention and treatment
of disease will be tailored to the genetics, lifestyle and environment of the
individual. Traditional divisions between translational medicine, pre-clinical
and clinical medicine do not apply anymore.

They are interwoven and feedback into each other constantly. Traditional
divisions of physicians, nurses and allied health professionals also need to
be rethought. Silo medical specialities focusing on one organ or one group of
diseases are also less useful in this context.

Health professionals need to cast their nets wider than their traditional
networks permit. Interdisciplinary education, collaboration and research are
key to this holistic approach and new era in healthcare. HPM is a step in
that direction, bringing together different types of health professionals from
different regions and specialities thus jumpstarting true interdisciplinary leaps
in patient-centred care.