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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Impacting Safety & Quality in Chronic Pain Management
Lisa WardProject Goal: To reduce the number of patients at risk for overdose by enhancing infrastructure that tracks and facilitates safe, appropriate opioid prescribing in three primary care clinics.
September 1, 2016View/Download PDF
Together we SOAR – Improving Specialty Screening Opportunities for Cancers and Retinopathy
Tracy ImleyProject Goal: To improve the health of the members at Kaiser Permanente by screening for four (4) major illnesses at all outpatient specialty clinic visits at the South Bay Medical Center.
September 1, 2016View/Download PDF
Rural Health Telemedicine Dermatology Specialty Service
Sandi AdamsProject Goal: To advance the use of telemedicine technology to improve access and quality for dermatology specialty care services for the rural health community by June 2017.
September 1, 2016View/Download PDF
Decreasing Barriers to Sharing Medical Records
Fatema IqbalProject Goal: To secure Sutterlink access for 25 nurses and nurse practitioners to provide comprehensive and timely evaluation of the pediatric surgical patient’s outside medical records to avoid delays in surgical clearance.
September 1, 2016View/Download PDF
Implementing a Pre-Operative Screening Pathway to Identify Mild Cognitive Impairment
Kanoe AllenProject Goal: To utilize a standardized care path to identify patients and minimize the deleterious impacts of the surgical episode of care for patients over age 65, with identified mild cognitive impairment.
September 1, 2016View/Download PDF
Developing an Insourcing Strategy for Telepsychiatry Services in a Consortium of Native American Health Centers
Thomas KimProject Goal: To provide a California Rural Indian Health Board based telepsychiatry service to rural Native American communities which more effectively achieves Triple Aim goals of providing excellent care and enhanced patient experience due to provider cultural fluency while improving access and promoting financial sustainability to their telehealth programs.
September 1, 2016View/Download PDF
Integrating Oral Health into Pediatric Care for 0-2 Year Olds
Pam AlstonProject Goal: To support Alameda Health System sites to offer preventive dental services where young children receive primary care.
September 1, 2016View/Download PDF