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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Midwives in the Mainstream: From Practice Sustainability to Transforming Maternity Care in California
Sheri MatteoProject Goals: To develop a replicable sustainable midwifery business case and increase number of private insurance clients delivering at Marin General Hospital.
September 1, 2017View/Download PDF
Achieving Alignment: Integrating Complex Care Programs Under a Population Management Strategy
David MoskowitzProject Goal: To improve the quality of care for medically & socially complex patients receiving primary care through Alameda Health System by deploying a standardized model of complex care management as part of a cogent population management strategy.
September 1, 2017View/Download PDF
Improving Coordination of Care for Medi-Cal Patients in the Sacramento Valley
Kapil DhingraProject Goal: To reduce avoidable utilization for Medi-Cal and Medicare patients without adequate connection to outpatient and specialty care by working with outside payors and medical groups.
September 1, 2017View/Download PDF
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Highly Engaged Multi-Disciplinary Team’s Impact on Inpatient and Emergency Department Utilization
Patti OliverProject Goal: To decrease emergency department utilization and inpatient admissions.
September 1, 2017View/Download PDF
Utilizing an Electronic Scantron Form to Optimize Clinical Quality Measures
Victor DominguezProject Goal: To implement a process utilizing an electronic scantron form that will achieve satisfying Clinical Quality Measures while decreasing staff/provider manual input.
September 1, 2017View/Download PDF
Transforming Care by Engaging Patients as Palliative Care Advocates
Shirley Otis-GreenProject Goal: To increase consumer awareness of key palliative principles to drive transformation in end-of-life care.
September 1, 2017View/Download PDF
Building Specialty Care Leadership Teams in a Safety-Net Hospital System
Lukejohn DayProject Goal: To develop a standardized Quality Improvement (QI) curriculum and implement a structured QI learning academy. The project will identify and improve specialty care management teamwork skills, refine leadership abilities of the management team, provide support to specialty care teams to develop/implement a QI project, and develop a structured coaching program for the QI learning academy.
September 1, 2016View/Download PDF