California Health Care Improvement Projects (CHIPs)
California Health Care Improvement Projects (CHIPs) are designed by CHCF Health Care Leadership Program participants with the goal of addressing meaningful challenges or opportunities in health care.
Browse CHIPs to leverage the work of CHCF alumni and find opportunities to collaborate in order to improve health for Californians.
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Building Data Infrastructure to Address Social Determinants of Health in San Francisco Health Network
Ben LuiProject Goal: To develop Social Determinants of Health data governance infrastructure and an unifying informatics strategy in San Francisco Health Network and Department of Public Health to promote greater organizational alignment in addressing social determinants of health for our patients and populations.
September 1, 2018View/Download PDF
Transitioning the Emergency Medical Services Agency to the Department of Public Health: New Beginnings
Naveena BobbaProject Goal: To ensure that emergency medical services staff transition and acculturate successfully so that the current work of the agency is maintained.
September 1, 2018View/Download PDF
Scaling Existing and Designing New Population Health Management Strategies for Success in a New Alternative Payment Model
Ami ParekhProject Goal: UCSF health will decrease the total cost of care for attributed medicare beneficiaries by scaling outpatient care management services and care at home programs, adding new skilled nursing facility transitions and End Stage Renal Disease programs, and leverage new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services claims data.
September 1, 2018View/Download PDF
Reducing Emergency Department Overuse and Improving Access to Primary Care Through Use of Emergency Department Navigator
Sergio CamarilloProject Goal: Reduce emergency department (ED) crowding and avoidable ED visits for patients without a primary care partnership and improve emergency throughput times.
September 1, 2018View/Download PDF
Removing Transportation Barriers to Health Care
Mitesh PopatProject Goals: To reduce transportation barriers for patients at Marin Community Clinics to decrease the number of missed appointments, and demonstrate return on investment of the program to ensure sustained funding.
September 1, 2018
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My Health Tag – Addressing A1c and Blood Pressure Goal Awareness
Daniela ConnellyProject Goal: To improve metabolic outcomes in our patient population through increased hemoglobin A1c and blood pressure goal awareness by using a simple take-home tool.
September 1, 2018View/Download PDF
Physician – Allied Health Professional Panel Co-Management
Khodam RostomianProject Goal: To utilize an allied health professional in adult primary care practice to reduce panel size of primary care patients, help to reduce after-hour shifts and indirect work load of primary care physicians.
September 1, 2018View/Download PDF