California Health Care Improvement Projects (CHIPs)

Ako Jacinto presents his CHIP

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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Redefining Usual Care in the Gynecology Clinic: A Collaborative Care Depression Intervention Model

Griselda Gutierrez

Project Goal: To improve outcomes of women with depression who obtain care in the Gynecology Clinic through an integrated Collaborative Care model that will immediately engage the patient in her depression care, promote patient input into care treatment options, track care, and step care to reach the desired target state.

September 1, 2016
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Buprenorphine Treatment Program for Chronic Pain Patients

Kelvin Vu

Project Goal: To save and improve the lives of patients with chronic pain in Humboldt County by creating a formalized Buprenorphine treatment program.

September 1, 2016
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Diabetes Care Program

Terek Mahdi

Project Goal: To study and better understand cost-effective interventions leading to improved outcomes for a sub-group of Riverside Family Physicians' diabetics from May 2014 to May 2015.

September 1, 2015
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Improved Care Coordination to Reduce Length of Stay

Karen Ayers

Project Goal: To reduce the adjusted length of stay (LOS) to below the national average by improving care coordination, bringing the hospital into alignment with requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, without increasing the readmission rate.

September 1, 2015
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Medical-Legal Partnership for High Utilizer Patients in the Veterans Administration

Rishi Manchanda

Project Goal: To improve value of care and outcomes for high utilizer, high-need homeless Veterans in the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System through a Medical-Legal Partnership.

September 1, 2015
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Improving Patient Satisfaction Outcomes through Better Hearing

Rupa Balachandran

Project Goal: To improve communication between providers and hearing-impaired adults in clinical settings.

September 1, 2015
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Improving Continuity of Care Through Health Information Exchange

Danielle Oryn

Project Goal: To improve care team access to patient information by implementing health information exchange.

September 1, 2015
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