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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IMPACT: A Palliative Care Education Initiative for Acute Care Bedside Nurses
Wendy AndersonProject Goal: To equip bedside nurses on acute care units at UCSF Medical Center with communication tools to lead palliative care communication.
September 1, 2016View/Download PDF
Improving Linkage to Care at HIV Diagnosis
Nicholas MossProject Goal: To improve linkage-to-care for persons newly diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus in Alameda County as part of a treatment-as-prevention strategy.
September 1, 2016View/Download PDF
Project Quest: Improving Quality of Life in Epilepsy through Supporting Therapies
Alicia BazzanoProject Goal: To improve receipt of whole person wrap-around services and therefore the quality of life of people with epilepsy in western Los Angeles county by increasing knowledge of epilepsy, referrals to Westside Regional Center, and offer of epilepsy-specific services.
September 1, 2016View/Download PDF
Impact of Standardized Community Education on Advance Care Planning
Vincent NguyenProject Goal: To increase interest and awareness on the importance of end of life (EOL) care planning by using standardized education programs (Being Mortal screening with a Conversation Café™ discussion and/or an Advance Care Planning workshop), measuring participants’ behaviors and attitudes on EOL care, and empowering them to discuss and document care wishes using appropriate legal instruments (e.g. Advance HealthCare Directive and/or Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment form, with their loved ones and healthcare provider).
September 1, 2016View/Download PDF
Community Pharmacy Pay-For-Performance Program
Chris ChanProject Goal: To demonstrate a cost-effective clinical model in the community pharmacy setting which promotes pharmacy quality and achieves measurable outcomes.
September 1, 2016View/Download PDF
An Electronically Supported Colorectal Cancer Screening Program for the Safety Net
Beverley PetrieProject Goal: To decrease colorectal cancer (CRC) rates in patients evaluated at Department of Health Services medical centers by increasing CRC screening rates.
September 1, 2016View/Download PDF
Nursing Led Care Coordination Optimization
Elizabeth ChowProject Goal: To improve employee engagement within the care coordination department and reduce average length of stay through coordinated team efforts to reduce inefficiencies.
September 1, 2016View/Download PDF