Benefits and Examples of Cross-Training Staff in Primary Care
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This overview outlines the benefits of cross-training primary care staff and provides useful examples of cross-training. It supports Key Driver 4: Create and support high functioning teams to deliver high-quality evidence-based care by expanding staff’s roles and responsibilities to create a more efficient medical practice environment.
Institution of origin: Improving Chronic Illness Care
Author(s): Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Permissions: Used with permission of Improving Chronic Illness Care.
Acknowledgements: Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Publication date: January 3, 2007
Note: This Word document can be downloaded from the Web page “CCM Implementation Tools Indexed by Element,” under the element “Delivery System Design,” available at:
