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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Improving Continuity of Care Through Health Information Exchange
Danielle OrynProject Goal: To improve care team access to patient information by implementing health information exchange.
September 1, 2015View/Download PDF
Clinical Effectiveness Leadership Training Course
Bryan BohmanProject Goal: To provide participants the understanding and tools necessary to conduct state-of-the-art clinical practice improvement projects, use quality improvement methods to manage and integrate non-clinical processes, implement quality improvement programs, and conduct internal quality improvement training.
September 1, 2015View/Download PDF
Integrative Pain Management: Transforming Care for Chronic Pain in the San Francisco Health Network
Joseph PaceProject Goals: To improve the functional status and well-being of patients with chronic pain, and improve staff experience with managing chronic pain.
September 1, 2015View/Download PDF
Optimizing Physician Use of the Electronic Health Record
Albert ChanProject Goal: To develop a learning ecosystem to improve physicians’ achievement and maintenance of electronic health record (EHR) skill competency in a sustainable way and improve physician satisfaction with the EHR support we deliver to them.
September 1, 2015View/Download PDF
Empowering High Risk American Indian Diabetic Patients through Individualized Case Management
Ria PaulProject Goal: To improve glycemic control of American Indian Diabetic patients of our health center and thereby reducing associated mortality and morbidity.
September 1, 2015View/Download PDF
Integrative Medicine and Safety Net Clinic Transformation
Steven ChenProject Goal: To become the provider of choice and improve patient experience by implementing an integrative medicine model of care at Hayward Wellness.
September 1, 2015View/Download PDF
Telephone Appointments, an Access to Care Alternative
Jorge RamirezProject Goal: To provide an alternative for immediate, convenient, effective and, for now, free of charge access to medical care through telephone appointments.
September 1, 2015View/Download PDF