California Health Care Improvement Projects (CHIPs)

California Health Care Improvement Projects (CHIPs) are designed by CHCF Health Care Leadership Program participants with the goal of addressing meaningful challenges or opportunities in health care. 

Browse CHIPs to leverage the work of CHCF alumni and find opportunities to collaborate in order to improve health for Californians.

California Health Care Improvement Projects (CHIP)

 

Getting to the Heart of Patient-Centered Health Home

Project Goal: To improve staff and patient experience of care by enhancing communication between medical assistants and providers.

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Together We Grow: Developing a New Nurse Home Visiting Program

Project Goal: To improve health, optimize child development, and strengthen resilience and self-sufficiency for high-risk families by providing public health nurse home visiting.

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Shoo the Flu – Vaccinate at School

Project Goal: To decrease the burden of influenza in Alameda County by improving vaccination rates in 5 – 11 year-old children.

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Outpatient Specialty Care Improvements

Project Goal: To provide timely and quality outpatient specialty care services to all Olive View–UCLA Medical Center patients and improve our overall customer satisfaction.

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Volunteer Scribes

Project Goal: To reduce provider burnout by reducing the burden of data entry into the electronic medical record, allowing them more undivided time with the patients.

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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.

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Reducing ICU Length of Stay with Proactive Care Conferences

Project Goal: To improve end-of-life experience for patients who are expected to die in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), through systematic, multi-disciplinary support, and transition from aggressive ICU care to high-quality comfort measures in the appropriate setting.

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Autism Assessment Center of Excellence

Project Goal: To maximize the quality of life for Autism Spectrum Disorder children in the Inland Empire and their families by providing every child with access to a collaborative, organized, integrated and Trans-Disciplinary Assessment/Treatment resource for Autism.

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NEURO-NET: A Continuum Partnership for Catastrophic Care

Project Goal: To improve the overall health and quality of life of individuals diagnosed with acquired brain injury and spinal cord injury, while also reducing lifetime medical costs through the provision of continuous, coordinated, rehabilitation through all levels of treatment.

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Mindfulness Training for Physicians: Can it Raise Patient Satisfaction Scores?

Project Goal: To further evaluate whether mindfulness training for our physicians can lead to a improved physician morale and focus, and higher patient satisfaction scores.

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Transforming the RN Role in the Primary Care Setting

Project Goal: To develop an effective, proactive, relevant registered nurse workforce to serve as clinical leaders and team members in the primary care clinics of the San Francisco Health Network.

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Physician Assistants Putting Prevention into Practice

Project Goal: To help 50% of physician assistants practicing in primary care offices in California demonstrate a clear understanding of recommended preventive services as defined by post-testing after training by the end of 2015.

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Bite To Balance: A Novel Intervention in Pediatric Obesity Care

Project Goal: To reduce pediatric obesity by creating an engaging group care model that is sustainable and outperforms national outcome measures in patient engagement and medical benefit.

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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.

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Preparing for a Good Death Through Advanced Care Planning

Project Goal: To improve on staff and participant experience in advance care planning and to help participants plan for a "good death."

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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.

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Improving Blood Pressure Control with Technology Enabled Virtual Care

Project Goal: To improve blood pressure control and decrease adverse health outcomes for One Medical Group patients with hypertension.

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