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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Low Threshold Access to Buprenorphine Treatment within Permanent Supportive Housing
Kellene EagenProject Goal: To create a proposal to pilot an accessible treatment model for residents of Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) with opioid use disorders through collaboration with on-site nursing staff.
September 1, 2019View/Download PDF
Tackling Health Equity by Creating A Payor-Funded Community Doula Program for HealthNet
Pooja MittalProject Goal: To reduce the disparities in birth outcomes for African American women in Los Angeles through a pilot program using community based doulas.
September 1, 2019View/Download PDF
Reducing Staff Turnover to Improve Client Care
Kelly Morehouse-SmithProject Goal: To improve provider retention rates in order to provide consistent care providers to clients and thus more consistent services to clients overall.
September 1, 2019View/Download PDF
You say “Data”, I say “Data”…
Benjamin MorrisonProject Goal: To improve patient outcomes and team satisfaction by getting accurate, consistent, and timely data into the hands of the care teams with the proper data support.
September 1, 2019View/Download PDF
An Ounce of Prevention: The LADHS Journey to Improve Quality through Efficient Patient Outreach and Engagement
Anshu AbhatProject Goal: To create a more efficient patient outreach process around common healthcare quality goals. This will improve patient experience and increase clinic staff direct patient care and engagement.
September 1, 2019View/Download PDF
Overcoming the Behavioral Health Workforce Shortage
Tam NguyenProject Goal: To increase access to behavioral health services by: (1) expanding the behavioral health provider (BHP) network, (2) using virtual behavioral health (BH) visits, and (3) adding mobile health (m-health) tools through a partnership with a health service technology vendor that functions as the central hub to facilitate referrals and match patients to the right care pathway.
September 1, 2019View/Download PDF
Primary Care for the Mind: Improving Mental Health Access for Children
Lee Atkinson-McEvoyProject Goal: 1.To create a program to increase the knowledge and efficacy of UCSF Health Pediatric Network PCPs to diagnose and manage children with mild to moderate ADHD, Depression and Anxiety and to partner in a consultative model of care with Child Psychiatry. 2. Increase access for children with mental health conditions by having PCPs managed mild to moderate conditions and increasing capacity in psychiatry for moderate to severe conditions.
September 1, 2019View/Download PDF