Applying New Technologies to Revolutionize STD Prevention and Control

Project Goal: To decrease the rate of gonorrhea (GC) and chlamydia (CT) in San Francisco, by increasing the proportion of men who have sex with men (MSM) and trans women who are screened for STDs every 3 months, and decreasing the time from diagnosis to treatment, thereby decreasing secondary transmission opportunities. 

Improving Operating Room Utilization at a Level I Trauma Center

Project Goal: To increase the number of elective and emergency surgical cases completed daily at a Level I Trauma Center.
 

Maximizing Operating Room Availability for Trauma Patients

Project Goal: To maximize operating room (OR) space and decrease OR backlog for adult upper extremity trauma patients.

Patient Focused Interventions: Reduce Readmissions

Project Goal: To develop an organized intervention in hospitalized patients with a moderate to high probability of readmission or early death.

A Community Health Strategy for the Safety Net

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

Promoting Team Care and Support for High Risk High Cost Patients

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.

Specialty Consult Optimization: A Path Toward Improved Access

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

Medical Scribes in Primary Care

Project Goal: To improve patient experience and provider engagement by using medical scribes to help clinicians document the patient visit. Scribes will also serve as Health Coaches to further patient education efforts.

LEAP to Improvements

Project Goal: To improve patient experience and quality of care in more than one clinic within San Mateo Medical Center using Lean principles.

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.