California Health Care Improvement Projects (CHIPs)

Ako Jacinto presents his CHIP

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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Technology Coordinating Group Redesign – A Value Proposition

Ronald Wyatt

Project Goal: To improve the value of capital equipment purchases, especially new technology, in Kaiser Permanente Northern California.

September 1, 2015
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Expanding Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in Primary Care

Ako Jacintho

Project Goal: To treat qualified opioid addicted patients with buprenorphine/naloxone combination while engaging them in primary care and screening.

September 1, 2015
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Building a Business Intelligence and Data Governance Strategy

Albert Yu

Project Goal: To create a business intelligence strategy with a data governance ecosystem that is sustainable, accountable, and foundational to building a data-driven organization.

September 1, 2015
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Development of a Patient Advisory Board in a Community Health Center

Ricardo Alvarez

Project Goal: To develop and sustain a Patient Advisory Board by September of 2014.

September 1, 2014
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Family Information Navigation Desk

Kelley Meade

Project Goal: To improve the health of families we serve by enhancing their connections to basic community resources through increased navigation services.

September 1, 2014
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Designing a Learning Health Organization for Collective Impact using REACH

Tomás Aragón

Project Goal: A high performing, learning health organization that successfully implements "collective impact" approaches to complex community health problems.

September 1, 2014
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Getting to the Heart of Patient-Centered Health Home

Laura Miller

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

September 1, 2014
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