Designating Sobering Centers in the Care of Acute Intoxication

Project Goal: In response to current California legislation (AB 1544 Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination Act) and the CalAIM Medi-Cal Reform (proposing In Lieu of Services to establish sobering care), create a national accreditation program through the National Sobering Collaborative to launch in midi-2021. 

Improving COPD Management in Medi-Cal Population

Project Goal: Improve individuals’ quality of life and provide wrap around services in multiple settings to this vulnerable population to achieve overall cost reductions by 2%, ER utilization reduction by 2%, and inpatient admission reduction by 2%.
 

Providing Community Based Care to Aging Adults Experiencing Homelessness

Project Goal: To develop and implement basic standards of care for the aging homeless population in the community. These standards include: falls prevention strategies, providing support and preparing for any living situation, robust behavioral health support, expertise in the path to conservatorship, and staff training. 

Doing More with the Same: Improving Specialty Access and Communication in the Safety Net

Project Goal: Implement eConsult in at least 20 specialties by December 2019, leverage eConsult mechanism for at least 25% of all referrals by August 2020, and reduce backlog to specialty care by 50% by August 2020. 

The Safe Haven Clinic Initiative: Tackling the Seemingly Intractable Co-Occurring Epidemics of Homelessness and Addiction in California

Project Goal: Support the launch of the first Safe Haven Clinic with Mendocino County in 2021 in a SNF commandeered by the County as a COVID Alternate Care Site (ACS) and purchased with CARES act funds – Whitmore Lane, Ukiah CA.   

Spreading ACEs and Trauma-Informed Care at Santa Rosa Community Health

Project Goal: The goal of the project was to train all staff at Santa Rosa Community Health on Trauma-Informed Care and ACEs screening and to begin universal ACEs screening by 2021.

Narcan Per Pharmacy

Project Goal: Develop a protocol that would allow all LAC+USC pharmacists to distribute a Naloxone (Narcan) prescription for any patient getting a CII narcotic from a LAC+USC Pharmacy.

Tackling the Opioid Crisis in El Dorado County

Project Goal: To increase county wide medication-assisted treatment capacity, promote safer prescribing practices, and implement harm reduction services to decrease overdose death in El Dorado County. 

Primary Care Virtual Multi-Disciplinary Support Team (MIST)

Project Goal: To establish a multi-disciplinary team doing virtual care to improve physician access, growth and joy of medicine in clinic.

Launching a Scalable Collaborative Care Model for Depression in UCSF Primary Care

Project Description: To develop and implement a Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) pilot that increases access to mental health services, improves patient outcomes for depression, increases patient and provider satisfaction, and is financially sustainable.