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7. Cross Function Collaboration
A collaboration of a group of people or employees from all levels of an
organization/community/country with different functional expertise and
educational background working toward a common goal to define objectives,
and determine how to reach these objectives by making primarily strategic
decisions, tactical decisions, and/ or operational decisions.
Skills and Knowledge for Cross Function Collaboration:
Ability to communicate concepts at
different levels

Multi - on site diagnostic testing:
Chemistry/Hematology/Celia Waived/Xray/CT/Ultrasound

Ancillary support services
Combined skills sets such as: Urgent
Care/Medical Assistant/Radiology/Lab
Common language
Communication
Corporate culture
Emotional intelligence
Ethics
Hospital politics
Influence without authority
Interdisciplinary collaboration
Inter-professional teaming
Learning to lead
Moving from silos to cross collaboration

Multifunction roles: Urgent care, Medical
Aniststy, Radiology, Lab tech, etc.
Multilevel communications interdisciplinary
On-site pharmacy dispensing Process flow
Process improvement
Quality
Safety
Soft skills
Teaming
Top- of-license practice or top-of- role, in
general for clinical and non clinical
Urgent Care
Use of mid-level advance practice RN's

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