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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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
Palliative Care Integration Into The Clinical Care of Advanced Congestive Heart Failure
Tim CorbinProject Goal: To improve quality of care and outcomes for advanced heart failure patients by integration of Palliative Care specialty service into routine treatment.
September 1, 2015View/Download PDF
Implementation of Teach Flu a Lesson – School-Based Vaccination Clinics
Robert RiewertsProject Goal: To increase the number of vaccinated children in southland elementary schools, thus creating herd immunity in a vulnerable population and closing health disparity gaps in our membership and/or communities in which we live and serve.
September 1, 2015View/Download PDF
Medical Scribes in Primary Care
Catherine JamesProject Goal: To improve patient experience and provider engagement by using medical scribes to help clinicians document the patient visit. Scribes will also serve as Health Coaches to further patient education efforts.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF
Improving Blood Pressure Control with Technology Enabled Virtual Care
Meg ScottProject Goal: To improve blood pressure control and decrease adverse health outcomes for One Medical Group patients with hypertension.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF
“Safe Place For Youth”: Clinic for Homeless Youth
Karen LampProject Goal: To improve the health status of homeless youth in Los Angeles who currently do not access medical services, by improving access to care and creating a positive patient experience for this population.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF
Patient Focused Interventions: Reduce Readmissions
Nancy SkophammerProject Goal: To develop an organized intervention in hospitalized patients with a moderate to high probability of readmission or early death.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF