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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Decreasing Patient Rooming Time Using a Pre-Visit Telephone Encounter
Tanya ThreewittProject Goal: To decrease the amount of time to room a patient, leading to an increase in provider/patient time spent.
September 1, 2018View/Download PDF
Expanding Access to Medical Nutrition Therapy.
Heather FilipowiczProject Goal: To increase access to Medical Nutrition Therapy.
September 1, 2018View/Download PDF
Sonoma County Hub for Innovation
Alexander ThrelfallProject Goal: To investigate gaps in Sonoma County Mental Health services with to create a more stable infrastructure for quality mental health services across the spectrum of care.
September 1, 2018View/Download PDF
Supporting Undocumented Immigrant Families Through Medical Legal Partnerships
Karen Gersten-RothenbergProject Goal: Undocumented families will have access to legal support from attorneys to remove barriers to health care, education, housing, and unemployment at all of La Clinica’s School Based Health Centers in Oakland.
September 1, 2018View/Download PDF
Awesome First Impressions For New Patients
Edward YuProject Goal: To deploy workflows that lower operating costs for a new patient visit and achieve high satisfaction from patients, staff, and providers.
September 1, 2018View/Download PDF
Creating a One-Stop, All Inclusive, Onboarding Center For New Kaiser Permanente Members at The South Sacramento Medical Center
Jason GuardinoProject Goal: To deliver an exceptional care experience for new members while simultaneously increasing our physicians professional fulfillment with a new member onboarding center that provides personalized and high quality care at a member’s initial visit to our medical center.
September 1, 2018View/Download PDF
Improving the Value of Care for Comprehensive Joint Replacement: Implementing Bundled Payments in San Francisco Health Network
Reena GuptaProject Goal: To improve the value of care provided for hip and knee joint replacements through increased coordination of care, preoperative planning, and reduced use of unnecessary post-acute care.
September 1, 2018View/Download PDF