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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Promoting Team Care and Support for High Risk High Cost Patients
Ann LindsayProject Goal: To develop, deliver and evaluate SCC clinical team training workshops which enable practice changes promoting patient centered team care for patients with chronic health conditions. Effective clinical teams will recapture the joy of practice and be better able to provide patient-centered care to people with chronic health conditions, improving their outcomes and experience of care, and reducing cost of care.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF
A Community Health Strategy for the Safety Net
Melissa MarshallProject Goal: To support coordinated care of high-cost patients in more appropriate health care settings with centralized data analytics.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF
Development of a Patient Advisory Board in a Community Health Center
Ricardo AlvarezProject Goal: To develop and sustain a Patient Advisory Board by September of 2014.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF
Family Information Navigation Desk
Kelley MeadeProject Goal: To improve the health of families we serve by enhancing their connections to basic community resources through increased navigation services.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF
Designing a Learning Health Organization for Collective Impact using REACH
Tomás AragónProject Goal: A high performing, learning health organization that successfully implements "collective impact" approaches to complex community health problems.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF
Getting to the Heart of Patient-Centered Health Home
Laura MillerProject Goal: To improve staff and patient experience of care by enhancing communication between medical assistants and providers.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF
Together We Grow: Developing a New Nurse Home Visiting Program
Jan BabbProject Goal: To improve health, optimize child development, and strengthen resilience and self-sufficiency for high-risk families by providing public health nurse home visiting.
September 1, 2014View/Download PDF