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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Designing a Learning Health Organization for Collective Impact using REACH
Tomás AragónProject Goal: A high performing, learning health organization that successfully implements "collective impact" approaches to complex community health problems.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF
Getting to the Heart of Patient-Centered Health Home
Laura MillerProject Goal: To improve staff and patient experience of care by enhancing communication between medical assistants and providers.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF
Together We Grow: Developing a New Nurse Home Visiting Program
Jan BabbProject Goal: To improve health, optimize child development, and strengthen resilience and self-sufficiency for high-risk families by providing public health nurse home visiting.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF
Shoo the Flu – Vaccinate at School
Erica PanProject Goal: To decrease the burden of influenza in Alameda County by improving vaccination rates in 5 – 11 year-old children.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF
Outpatient Specialty Care Improvements
Steevio BardakjianProject Goal: To provide timely and quality outpatient specialty care services to all Olive View–UCLA Medical Center patients and improve our overall customer satisfaction.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF
Volunteer Scribes
Rakesh PatelProject Goal: To reduce provider burnout by reducing the burden of data entry into the electronic medical record, allowing them more undivided time with the patients.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF
Web Based Rehabilitation for the Connected Surgical Patient
Stefano BiniProject Goal: To determine to what extent asynchronous video tools can replace in-person outpatient visits such as physical therapy following total knee replacement while lowering costs, optimizing resource allocation, and maintaining quality outcomes.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF