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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Paddling Upstream: Addressing Social Determinants in Community Health Centers
Kathleen ClanonProject Goal: To assist at least 50% of eligible Alameda County Federally Qualified Health Centers clients attending a clinic visit to enroll in CalFresh.
September 1, 2016View/Download PDF
Integrating an Opioid Treatment Program with Primary Care
Natasha PintoProject Goal: To increase care coordination and the number of doors for a patient with substance use disorder to access "whole person care" by creating and integrated system of care between and opioid treatment program and primary care setting. Increased access will improve utilization and treatment and decrease death and disability from opioid use disorder.
September 1, 2016View/Download PDF
Can Care Integration Improve Clinical Outcomes for Diabetics?
Van Anh DasturProject Goal: To improve the health outcomes of uncontrolled diabetics through a coordinated multidisciplinary approach to education and care.
September 1, 2016View/Download PDF
Improving Cycle Times in Ear Nose and Throat Clinic at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
Marika RussellProject Goal: To decrease cycle time (check-in to check-out) in Otolaryngology clinic at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.
September 1, 2016View/Download PDF
Building Specialty Care Leadership Teams in a Safety-Net Hospital System
Lukejohn DayProject Goal: To develop a standardized Quality Improvement (QI) curriculum and implement a structured QI learning academy. The project will identify and improve specialty care management teamwork skills, refine leadership abilities of the management team, provide support to specialty care teams to develop/implement a QI project, and develop a structured coaching program for the QI learning academy.
September 1, 2016View/Download PDF
Supporting Primary Care Leaders to Thrive in an Era of Transformation
Susan ScheidtProject Goal: To support primary care leaders and managers in the San Francisco Health Network by enhancing well-being and vibrancy in four key areas: Mind, Body, Emotions, and Spirit.
September 1, 2016View/Download PDF
Bringing Hepatitis C Cure into Primary Care for the Urban Underserved
Joanna EvelandProject Goal: To develop a sustainable and replicable model to treat and cure Hepatitis C within the community clinic setting, which increases Hepatitis C treatment access for vulnerable populations through both internal and external collaboration.
September 1, 2016View/Download PDF