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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Redefining Usual Care in the Gynecology Clinic: A Collaborative Care Depression Intervention Model
Griselda GutierrezProject 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, 2016View/Download PDF
Buprenorphine Treatment Program for Chronic Pain Patients
Kelvin VuProject Goal: To save and improve the lives of patients with chronic pain in Humboldt County by creating a formalized Buprenorphine treatment program.
September 1, 2016View/Download PDF
Diabetes Care Program
Terek MahdiProject 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, 2015View/Download PDF
Improved Care Coordination to Reduce Length of Stay
Karen AyersProject 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, 2015View/Download PDF
Medical-Legal Partnership for High Utilizer Patients in the Veterans Administration
Rishi ManchandaProject 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, 2015View/Download PDF
Improving Patient Satisfaction Outcomes through Better Hearing
Rupa BalachandranProject Goal: To improve communication between providers and hearing-impaired adults in clinical settings.
September 1, 2015View/Download PDF
Improving Continuity of Care Through Health Information Exchange
Danielle OrynProject Goal: To improve care team access to patient information by implementing health information exchange.
September 1, 2015View/Download PDF