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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Meeting Patients Where They Are: The CareMore @ Home Program

Demetria Malloy

Project Goal: To engage complex patients in outpatient care in the field who have high rates of inappropriate use of emergency room and inpatient facilities, but low rates of outpatient clinic care.

September 1, 2019
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Low Threshold Access to Buprenorphine Treatment within Permanent Supportive Housing

Kellene Eagen

Project Goal: To create a proposal to pilot an accessible treatment model for residents of Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) with opioid use disorders through collaboration with on-site nursing staff.

September 1, 2019
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Tackling Health Equity by Creating A Payor-Funded Community Doula Program for HealthNet

Pooja Mittal

Project Goal: To reduce the disparities in birth outcomes for African American women in Los Angeles through a pilot program using community based doulas. 

September 1, 2019
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Reducing Staff Turnover to Improve Client Care

Kelly Morehouse-Smith

Project Goal: To improve provider retention rates in order to provide consistent care providers to clients and thus more consistent services to clients overall.

September 1, 2019
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You say “Data”, I say “Data”…

Benjamin Morrison

Project Goal: To improve patient outcomes and team satisfaction by getting accurate, consistent, and timely data into the hands of the care teams with the proper data support.

September 1, 2019
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Overcoming the Behavioral Health Workforce Shortage

Tam Nguyen

Project Goal: To increase access to behavioral health services by: (1) expanding the behavioral health provider (BHP) network, (2) using virtual behavioral health (BH) visits, and (3) adding mobile health (m-health) tools through a partnership with a health service technology vendor that functions as the central hub to facilitate referrals and match patients to the right care pathway.

September 1, 2019
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An Ounce of Prevention: The LADHS Journey to Improve Quality through Efficient Patient Outreach and Engagement

Anshu Abhat

Project Goal: To create a more efficient patient outreach process around common healthcare quality goals. This will improve patient experience and increase clinic staff direct patient care and engagement.

September 1, 2019
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