Sonoma County Hub for Innovation

Project Goal: To investigate gaps in Sonoma County Mental Health services with to create a more stable infrastructure for quality mental health services across the spectrum of care.

Keeping Patients Out of the Emergency Department After Acute Hospitalization

Project Goal: Implement discharge bundle to improve patient experience with discharge process and reduce post discharge emergency department return.

Public Health and Correctional Health Collaboration to Prevent Congenital Syphilis in Los Angeles County

Project Goal: To prevent congenital syphilis cases by screening women whose circumstances put them at higher risk of no or late prenatal care and elevated risk of syphilis by conducting the first national pilot of newly Food and Drug Administration approved rapid point-of-care syphilis test in the Los Angeles County women’s jail (Century Regional Detention Facility).

Increasing Access to Naloxone to High Risk Patients from Emergency Department

Project Goals: To increase the percentage of patients at the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Emergency Departments who receive a prescription for naloxone; and improve communication regarding use of naloxone to patients, family and friends.

Expanding Access to Medical Nutrition Therapy.

Project Goal: To increase access to Medical Nutrition Therapy.

Cost Savings and a Better Patient Experience: A Win-Win; How 340B Pricing Saved Over $1,000,000/Year

Project Goal: To reduce costs by decreasing the number of patients using outside pharmacies by making it easier for patients to procure their anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor medications at our 340B pharmacies.

Ensuring Faster Access to Effective Multiple Sclerosis Medications

Project Goal: To ensure that Multiple Sclerosis patients receive the most effective medication with in a month of diagnosis to reduce relapses and disease progression leading to inpatient utilization.

Transitioning the Emergency Medical Services Agency to the Department of Public Health: New Beginnings

Project Goal: To ensure that emergency medical services staff transition and acculturate successfully so that the current work of the agency is maintained.