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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Strategic Guide for Free Clinics to Navigate Affordable Care Act
Eliza GibsonProject Goal: To develop a strategic framework that will serve as a comprehensive tool for free clinics to apply to their organizations to ensure financial sustainability, patient population management and service delivery over the next three years.
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
Expanding Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in Primary Care
Ako JacinthoProject Goal: To treat qualified opioid addicted patients with buprenorphine/naloxone combination while engaging them in primary care and screening.
September 1, 2015View/Download PDF
Building a Business Intelligence and Data Governance Strategy
Albert YuProject Goal: To create a business intelligence strategy with a data governance ecosystem that is sustainable, accountable, and foundational to building a data-driven organization.
September 1, 2015View/Download PDF
Improving Latent Tuberculosis Treatment Rate
Jerry JewProject Goal: To reduce case rates of active tuberculosis in San Francisco.
September 1, 2015View/Download PDF
Improving Employee Satisfaction at the Psychiatric Health Facility
Leslie LundtProject Goal: To improve employee satisfaction which will result in a stable workforce with less turnover and increased competence.
September 1, 2015View/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