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.
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The Expected Practice: Standardizing Specialty Consultation
Monica SoniProject Goal: To increase utilization of existing clinical pathways (expected practices) by primary care physicians through improved integration into daily workflow.
September 1, 2017View/Download PDF
Efficient Delivery of Palliative Care Across a Safety Net System
Anne KindermanProject Goal: To enhance access to supportive services to patients with serious illness requiring complex psychological needs by developing a palliative care resource directory.
September 1, 2017View/Download PDF
Addressing Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Communities
Candy Stockton-JoretegProject Goal: To increase access to medication-assisted therapy in Shasta County by increasing the number of providers waivered to prescribe buprenorphine.
September 1, 2017View/Download PDF
A Model for Home Based Palliative Care
Lowell KleinmanProject Goal: To increase access to ambulatory palliative care by establishing a financially sustainable service line within MemorialCare’s hospice program.
September 1, 2017View/Download PDF
Using Telemedicine to Integrate Service Coordination within the Northern California Adventist Healthcare System
Christopher VoscopoulosProject 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.
September 1, 2017View/Download PDF
Medical Innovation Incubator
Andy LeeProject Goal: To build a physical clinical unit and a process for the incubator that would serve to bridge the gap between ideas and real-life county clinical environments.
September 1, 2017View/Download PDF
Strengthening the Physician-Administrator Relationship to Improve Healthcare Value
Palav BabariaProject Goal: To implement a program to provide the medical director-clinic manager dyad role clarity and improve communication to better execute daily management of the clinic.
September 1, 2017View/Download PDF