California Health Care Improvement Projects (CHIPs)

Ako Jacinto presents his CHIP

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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Specialty Consult Optimization: A Path Toward Improved Access

Myung-Moo Lee

Project Goal: To reduce demand for specialty visits and improve access.

September 1, 2014
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Integrated Intensive Care for the Critically Injured

Gregory Victorino

Project 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, 2014
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Promoting Team Care and Support for High Risk High Cost Patients

Ann Lindsay

Project Goal: To develop, deliver and evaluate SCC clinical team training workshops which enable practice changes promoting patient centered team care for patients with chronic health conditions. Effective clinical teams will recapture the joy of practice and be better able to provide patient-centered care to people with chronic health conditions, improving their outcomes and experience of care, and reducing cost of care.

September 1, 2014
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A Community Health Strategy for the Safety Net

Melissa Marshall

Project Goal: To support coordinated care of high-cost patients in more appropriate health care settings with centralized data analytics.

September 1, 2014
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Family Information Navigation Desk

Kelley Meade

Project Goal: To improve the health of families we serve by enhancing their connections to basic community resources through increased navigation services.

September 1, 2014
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Development of a Patient Advisory Board in a Community Health Center

Ricardo Alvarez

Project Goal: To develop and sustain a Patient Advisory Board by September of 2014.

September 1, 2014
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Getting to the Heart of Patient-Centered Health Home

Laura Miller

Project Goal: To improve staff and patient experience of care by enhancing communication between medical assistants and providers.

September 1, 2014
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