Bringing Hepatitis C Cure into Primary Care for the Urban Underserved

Project Goal: To develop a sustainable and replicable model to treat and cure Hepatitis C within the community clinic setting, which increases Hepatitis C treatment access for vulnerable populations through both internal and external collaboration.

Building Specialty Care Leadership Teams in a Safety-Net Hospital System

Project Goal: To develop a standardized Quality Improvement (QI) curriculum and implement a structured QI learning academy. The project will identify and improve specialty care management teamwork skills, refine leadership abilities of the management team, provide support to specialty care teams to develop/implement a QI project, and develop a structured coaching program for the QI learning academy.

Can Care Integration Improve Clinical Outcomes for Diabetics?

Project Goal: To improve the health outcomes of uncontrolled diabetics through a coordinated multidisciplinary approach to education and care.

Paddling Upstream: Addressing Social Determinants in Community Health Centers

Project Goal: To assist at least 50% of eligible Alameda County Federally Qualified Health Centers clients attending a clinic visit to enroll in CalFresh.

Nursing Led Care Coordination Optimization

Project Goal: To improve employee engagement within the care coordination department and reduce average length of stay through coordinated team efforts to reduce inefficiencies.

Community Pharmacy Pay-For-Performance Program

Project Goal: To demonstrate a cost-effective clinical model in the community pharmacy setting which promotes pharmacy quality and achieves measurable outcomes.

Project Quest: Improving Quality of Life in Epilepsy through Supporting Therapies

Project Goal: To improve receipt of whole person wrap-around services and therefore the quality of life of people with epilepsy in western Los Angeles county by increasing knowledge of epilepsy, referrals to Westside Regional Center, and offer of epilepsy-specific services.

IMPACT: A Palliative Care Education Initiative for Acute Care Bedside Nurses

Project Goal: To equip bedside nurses on acute care units at UCSF Medical Center with communication tools to lead palliative care communication.

Integrating Oral Health into Pediatric Care for 0-2 Year Olds

Project Goal: To support Alameda Health System sites to offer preventive dental services where young children receive primary care.

Implementing a Pre-Operative Screening Pathway to Identify Mild Cognitive Impairment

Project Goal: To utilize a standardized care path to identify patients and minimize the deleterious impacts of the surgical episode of care for patients over age 65, with identified mild cognitive impairment.