The Expected Practice: Standardizing Specialty Consultation

Project Goal: To increase utilization of existing clinical pathways (expected practices) by primary care physicians through improved integration into daily workflow.

Planned Parenthood as Primary Care Provider: Tracking Women's Health Needs

Project Goal: To develop an improved tracking system for delivery of high quality health care for women in their reproductive years, and have begun to use data to demonstrate and improve performance.

Improved Pediatric Provider Job Satisfaction Through Standardized Group Medical Visits

Project Goal: To reduce provider burnout by increasing job satisfaction in the delivery patient care and education for overweight/obesity.

Identification of a Behavioral Health Screening Workflow in Primary Care

Project Goal: To identify the most efficient workflow in implementing universal behavioral health screening in primary care and provide three thirty- minute behavioral health trainings to support successful integration.

The Silent Forgotten Killer: Blood Pressure Control Eliminating Disparities by 2020

Project Goal: To improve blood pressure control and eliminate disparities through a team-based blood pressure control program.

Transforming Care by Engaging Patients as Palliative Care Advocates

Project Goal: To increase consumer awareness of key palliative principles to drive transformation in end-of-life care. 

Achieving Alignment: Integrating Complex Care Programs Under a Population Management Strategy

Project Goal: To improve the quality of care for medically & socially complex patients receiving primary care through Alameda Health System by deploying a standardized model of complex care management as part of a cogent population management strategy.

Midwives in the Mainstream: From Practice Sustainability to Transforming Maternity Care in California

Project Goals: To develop a replicable sustainable midwifery business case and increase number of private insurance clients delivering at Marin General Hospital.

Readmission Reduction Initiative

Project Goal: To reduce inpatient readmissions for high-risk members at Fresno Community Regional Medical Center by implementing face to face registered nurse/social worker case management to bridge transitions of care.