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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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
Clinical Effectiveness Leadership Training Course
Bryan BohmanProject Goal: To provide participants the understanding and tools necessary to conduct state-of-the-art clinical practice improvement projects, use quality improvement methods to manage and integrate non-clinical processes, implement quality improvement programs, and conduct internal quality improvement training.
September 1, 2015View/Download PDF
Integrative Pain Management: Transforming Care for Chronic Pain in the San Francisco Health Network
Joseph PaceProject Goals: To improve the functional status and well-being of patients with chronic pain, and improve staff experience with managing chronic pain.
September 1, 2015View/Download PDF
Mindfulness Training for Physicians: Can it Raise Patient Satisfaction Scores?
Elio GizziProject Goal: To further evaluate whether mindfulness training for our physicians can lead to a improved physician morale and focus, and higher patient satisfaction scores.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF
Transforming the RN Role in the Primary Care Setting
Judith SansoneProject Goal: To develop an effective, proactive, relevant registered nurse workforce to serve as clinical leaders and team members in the primary care clinics of the San Francisco Health Network.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF
Physician Assistants Putting Prevention into Practice
Beth GrivettProject Goal: To help 50% of physician assistants practicing in primary care offices in California demonstrate a clear understanding of recommended preventive services as defined by post-testing after training by the end of 2015.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF
Bite To Balance: A Novel Intervention in Pediatric Obesity Care
Robert SavioProject Goal: To reduce pediatric obesity by creating an engaging group care model that is sustainable and outperforms national outcome measures in patient engagement and medical benefit.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF