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.
Search CHIPs
Improving Mental Health for Children of Military Families in Contra Costa County
Rina ShahProject Goal: To engage community organizations to identify the needs and create mental health solutions for children of military families.
October 26, 2020View/Download PDF
Role Clarity: the Corner Stone of Share the Care
Miriam SheinbeinProject Goal: After completing a series of role clarification exercises in the first half of 2020, our teamlets, made up of primary care providers and medical assistants, will report an improvement in role clarity, in their teamlet relationship, and that they have the tools and training to succeed in their role; a more equal sense of personal job responsibility; and reduced burnout.
October 26, 2020View/Download PDF
Designating Sobering Centers in the Care of Acute Intoxication
Shannon Smith-BernardinProject Goal: In response to current California legislation (AB 1544 Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination Act) and the CalAIM Medi-Cal Reform (proposing In Lieu of Services to establish sobering care), create a national accreditation program through the National Sobering Collaborative to launch in midi-2021.
October 26, 2020View/Download PDF
My Vote. Our Health.
Efrain TalamantesProject Goal: To increase civic engagement among approximately 175 AltaMed physicians by increasing their civic engagement activities by Summer 2020.
October 26, 2020View/Download PDF
Team-Based Advance Care Planning
Winnie TeutebergProject Goal: To increase the total number of quality advance care planning conversations documented by a variety of disciplines on the team, including physicians, medical trainees, advanced practice providers, social workers, dieticians, nurses and rehab specialists (PT/OT/SLP).
October 26, 2020View/Download PDF
Human Trafficking: Ready to Respond
Tricia TayamaProject Goal: By September 2020, providers at SMMC would demonstrate a 50% improvement in their collective knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors for recognizing and responding appropriately to patients who may be trafficked.
October 26, 2020View/Download PDF
DisasterCrash Cart and IsoCare
Panna LossyProject Goal: To turn my experience providing medical care in evacuation centers during the fires into a virtual toolbox for other doctors to do the same when disaster comes to their town and to address the lack of education and support given to low income people likely to have COVID-19 at the time of testing in order to slow the spread of COVID-19.
View/Download PDF