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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Patient Focused Interventions: Reduce Readmissions
Nancy SkophammerProject Goal: To develop an organized intervention in hospitalized patients with a moderate to high probability of readmission or early death.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF
Leveraging an Innovation Center to Build Capacity for Practice Transformation
Jay LeeProject Goal: To maximize delivery of Triple Aim+1 across MemorialCare Medical Group offices by building capacity to implement the PCMH/Practice Transformation model to provide high quality health care at a reasonable cost and an enhanced patient experience leading to better health and well-being (physical, emotional, spiritual, and civic).
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF
Improving Quality of Life for the Seriously Ill
Suzanne Tay-KelleyProject Goal: To improve quality of life for seriously ill patients at UCSF’s Mt Zion campus.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF
Improving Primary Care Provider Satisfaction
Jeffery LeeProject Goal: To increase Primary Care Providers (PCPs) satisfaction by addressing electronic health records (EHRs) issues, practice management, team leading and personal leadership.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF
The Kaiser Permanente Technical Assistance Program
Maria UreñaProject Goal: To formalize the existing technical assistance program and develop an organized, inclusive, structured application process by which the safety net is able to apply for technical assistance and grant dollars available to them.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF
Specialty Consult Optimization: A Path Toward Improved Access
Myung-Moo LeeProject Goal: To reduce demand for specialty visits and improve access.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF
Integrated Intensive Care for the Critically Injured
Gregory VictorinoProject Goal: To improve the quality of the intensive care provided to the critically injured trauma patients at Alameda Health Systems through an integrated and multidisciplinary comprehensive approach.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF