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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Increasing Access to Naloxone to High Risk Patients from Emergency Department

Henry Kim

Project Goals: To increase the percentage of patients at the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Emergency Departments who receive a prescription for naloxone; and improve communication regarding use of naloxone to patients, family and friends.

September 1, 2018
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Identifying a Digital Platform to Improve Access to Psychiatry Consultation in Primary Care

Cheryl Baggeroer

Project Goal: To improve access to psychiatry consultation and to increase the competency and comfort level of Psychiatry Consultation Programs and Behavioral Health Providers in Alameda County’s Federally Qualified Health Centers in delivering behavioral health care to their patients.

September 1, 2018
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Public Health and Correctional Health Collaboration to Prevent Congenital Syphilis in Los Angeles County

Sonali Kulkarni

Project Goal: To prevent congenital syphilis cases by screening women whose circumstances put them at higher risk of no or late prenatal care and elevated risk of syphilis by conducting the first national pilot of newly Food and Drug Administration approved rapid point-of-care syphilis test in the Los Angeles County women’s jail (Century Regional Detention Facility).

September 1, 2018
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Act Together: Increase Employee Engagement with a New Model of Forum Theater Case Conferencing

Josh Banerjee

Project Goal: To develop a sustainable and scalable program that can improve survey measures of employee engagement for all health care staff everywhere.

September 1, 2018
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Texting Members to Bridge Gaps in Care

Johanna Liu

Project Goal: To improve timely preventative care and chronic condition management using texting to help health plan members get care when they need it.

September 1, 2018
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Promoting Evidence Based Nursing Practice

Georgina Bicknell

Project Goal: To improve patient outcomes by initiating and adopting evidence based nursing practice.

September 1, 2018
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Building Data Infrastructure to Address Social Determinants of Health in San Francisco Health Network

Ben Lui

Project Goal: To develop Social Determinants of Health data governance infrastructure and an unifying informatics strategy in San Francisco Health Network and Department of Public Health to promote greater organizational alignment in addressing social determinants of health for our patients and populations.

September 1, 2018
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