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
Reducing Opiate Overdoses Through Safe Opiate Prescribing Support
Ori TzvieliProject Goal: To reduce opiate overdoses in Contra Costa County by 10% by the end of 2016.
September 1, 2015View/Download PDF
Improving Patient Experience through Empanelment
Holly GarciaProject Goal: To improve access and patient experience by implementing a system-wide, standardized approach to empanelment and panel size management.
September 1, 2015View/Download PDF
Decreasing Decline in Condition and Acute Hospitalization Through Effective Care Planning
Madonna ValenciaProject Goal: To improve appropriate care & reduce decline in residents’ condition and acute hospitalization.
September 1, 2015View/Download PDF
The California Health and Human Services Open Data Portal
Estella GeraghtyProject Goal: To increase the usability of publicly available data by launching an Open Data portal at the California Department of Public Health.
September 1, 2015View/Download PDF
Technology Coordinating Group Redesign – A Value Proposition
Ronald WyattProject Goal: To improve the value of capital equipment purchases, especially new technology, in Kaiser Permanente Northern California.
September 1, 2015View/Download PDF