Web Based Rehabilitation for the Connected Surgical Patient

Project 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.

Telephone Appointments, an Access to Care Alternative

Project Goal: To provide an alternative for immediate, convenient, effective and, for now, free of charge access to medical care through telephone appointments.

Improving Continuity of Care Through Health Information Exchange

Project Goal: To improve care team access to patient information by implementing health information exchange.

The California Health and Human Services Open Data Portal

Project Goal: To increase the usability of publicly available data by launching an Open Data portal at the California Department of Public Health.

An Electronically Supported Colorectal Cancer Screening Program for the Safety Net

Project Goal: To decrease colorectal cancer (CRC) rates in patients evaluated at Department of Health Services medical centers by increasing CRC screening rates.

Developing an Insourcing Strategy for Telepsychiatry Services in a Consortium of Native American Health Centers

Project Goal: To provide a California Rural Indian Health Board based telepsychiatry service to rural Native American communities which more effectively achieves Triple Aim goals of providing excellent care and enhanced patient experience due to provider cultural fluency while improving access and promoting financial sustainability to their telehealth programs.

Decreasing Barriers to Sharing Medical Records

Project Goal: To secure Sutterlink access for 25 nurses and nurse practitioners to provide comprehensive and timely evaluation of the pediatric surgical patient’s outside medical records to avoid delays in surgical clearance.

Rural Health Telemedicine Dermatology Specialty Service

Project Goal: To advance the use of telemedicine technology to improve access and quality for dermatology specialty care services for the rural health community by June 2017.

Using Telemedicine to Integrate Service Coordination within the Northern California Adventist Healthcare System

Project Goal: To complete setup of a Northern California Adventist Healthcare System telemedecine program by the end of 2017 and to expand the program out of state by mid 2018.

Utilizing an Electronic Scantron Form to Optimize Clinical Quality Measures

Project Goal: To implement a process utilizing an electronic scantron form that will achieve satisfying Clinical Quality Measures while decreasing staff/provider manual input.