eTouché – Moving Away from Referral Silos

Project Goal: To institute a seamless model for electronic eReferral at Stanford Health Care to eliminate extra visits and delays in care.

Registry to Improve Depression Management

Project Goal: To provide patients with evidence-based treatments to treat their depression "to target": a 50% reduction in their baseline PHQ-9 score.

On-Site Tuberculosis Clinic in Los Angeles Skid Row Homeless Shelter

Project Goal: To reduce and eliminate transmission of Tuberculosis in the Pathways to Home Homeless shelter by 2020.

Palliative Care Integration Into The Clinical Care of Advanced Congestive Heart Failure

Project Goal: To improve quality of care and outcomes for advanced heart failure patients by integration of Palliative Care specialty service into routine treatment.

Integrative Medicine and Safety Net Clinic Transformation

Project Goal: To become the provider of choice and improve patient experience by implementing an integrative medicine model of care at Hayward Wellness.

Optimizing Physician Use of the Electronic Health Record

Project Goal: To develop a learning ecosystem to improve physicians’ achievement and maintenance of electronic health record (EHR) skill competency in a sustainable way and improve physician satisfaction with the EHR support we deliver to them.

Clinical Effectiveness Leadership Training Course

Project 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.

Improving Patient Satisfaction Outcomes through Better Hearing

Project Goal: To improve communication between providers and hearing-impaired adults in clinical settings.

Improved Care Coordination to Reduce Length of Stay

Project Goal: To reduce the adjusted length of stay (LOS) to below the national average by improving care coordination, bringing the hospital into alignment with requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, without increasing the readmission rate.