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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Transforming Care by Engaging Patients as Palliative Care Advocates

Shirley Otis-Green

Project Goal: To increase consumer awareness of key palliative principles to drive transformation in end-of-life care. 

September 1, 2017
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Behavioral Health Acculturation in Primary Care: Removing barriers to integration through multi-disciplinary teams

Todd Finnemore

Project Goal: To develop and deploy a behavioral health triage quality improvement strategy.

September 1, 2017
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The Silent Forgotten Killer: Blood Pressure Control Eliminating Disparities by 2020

Rohan Radhakrishna

Project Goal: To improve blood pressure control and eliminate disparities through a team-based blood pressure control program.

September 1, 2017
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A 4-Quadrant Risk Stratification Tool for Full Integration Care Management

Rafael Gonzalez-Amezcua

Project Goal: To develop and deploy a tool to guide a comprehensive assessment and integration of services for complex dual eligible patients.

September 1, 2017
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Identification of a Behavioral Health Screening Workflow in Primary Care

Lisa Rosequist

Project Goal: To identify the most efficient workflow in implementing universal behavioral health screening in primary care and provide three thirty- minute behavioral health trainings to support successful integration.

September 1, 2017
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Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network

Laura Gottlieb

Project Goal: To increase the capacity of the health care system to implement and sustain the most effective strategies to care for low income populations by catalyzing and disseminating high quality research on how to identify and address patients’ social needs in the context of clinical care.

September 1, 2017
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Improved Pediatric Provider Job Satisfaction Through Standardized Group Medical Visits

Jaime Ruiz

Project Goal: To reduce provider burnout by increasing job satisfaction in the delivery patient care and education for overweight/obesity.

September 1, 2017
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