Caring Wisely FY 2025 Project Contest

UCSF Health and the UCSF Center for Healthcare Value (CHV) sponsors awards of up to $50,000 for one year to faculty and staff for collaborative projects that can be implemented to reduce waste and lower health care costs while maintaining or improving health at UCSF Health, which consists of UCSF Medical Center, Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco, Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, and the UCSF faculty practice group and ambulatory clinics.

 

 

We invite the submission of any proposal that improves healthcare value at UCSF Health. UCSF Health is also particularly interested in proposals that address value improvement opportunities in one of the below areas. All submissions must have a plan to evaluate and improve health equity:

  • Improve Hospital Throughput and Reduce Excess Inpatient Bed Days
  • Improve Outpatient, Inpatient, or Perioperative Clinical Access
  • Reduce Hospital Acquired Conditions and Infections
  • Reduce Unnecessary Testing

Read important information about this forum

  • Jan 22 - Mar 1 - Project Contest 1st Round

    Proposal Submission Deadline

    Proposal submissions due by 5pm | Fri., March 1, 2024

    • Projects with a projected direct cost savings of greater than $250,000 are more likely to be selected (click on the "Read important information about this forum" link on the home page to see more criteria for winning).
    • The Center for Healthcare Value will offer “Office Hours” to answer questions and provide guidance on cost analysis. To schedule a 25 minute Zoom meeting, please email Brian.Holt@ucsf.edu.

    During this time, project teams should:

    • Build your core team and extended stakeholders interested in this problem.
    • Browse proposals and comment to improve others' proposal.
    • Review comments and provide additional information if necessary.
  • Mar 11 - 2nd Round Finalists Announced
    • 2nd Round Finalists announced on March 11th, 2024
    • Proposal submissions are reviewed.
    • Selected finalists will be invited to proceed to the Optimization Phase.
  • Mar 11 - Mar 29: 2nd Round Finalists Optimization Phase

    Final updates to 2nd round proposals must be complete before 5pm | Fri., March 29th, 2024

    During this time, project teams should:

    • Optimize your proposal
      • Stay on top of OpenProposal comments, answer questions, and ask new ones!
    • Continue to build your core team and extended stakeholders interested in this problem
    • Obtain sign-off from the Executive Sponsor(s)
  • Apr 15 - Apr 29: Executive Committee Review of 2nd Round Submissions
    • Finalist proposals are reviewed.
  • May 6: FY25 Caring WiselyTM $50K Project Awards Announced

    Winners will be announced on Mon., May 6, 2024

Open Submission

Proposals (22 total)

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Establishing a Lab Stewardship Program to Reduce Lab Overutilization

Submitted by Anoop Muniyappa on March 1, 2024 - 4:28pm Last revised by Anoop Muniyappa on March 18, 2024 - 12:29pm.
Proposal Status: 
Selected for 2nd Round

PROPOSAL TITLE: Establishing a Lab Stewardship Program to Reduce Lab Overutilization

PROJECT LEAD(S): Parul Bhargava, MD, Anoop Muniyappa, MD, MS, Teddy Peng, MD

EXECUTIVE SPONSOR(S): Amy Lu, MD, MPH, Andrew Auerbach­­­, MD

ABSTRACT 

Physician-ordered Genetic Testing for Cancer Patients: Improving Access and Equity through Mainstreaming

Submitted by Kelly Gordon on March 1, 2024 - 3:41pm Last revised by Kelly Gordon on March 29, 2024 - 1:42pm.
Proposal Status: 
Selected for 2nd Round

PROPOSAL TITLE:  Physician-ordered Genetic Testing for Cancer Patients:  Improving Access and Equity through Mainstreaming

PROJECT LEAD(S):  Bethan Powell, MD; Amie Blanco, MS, CGC; Kelly Gordon, MS, MLIS

EXECUTIVE SPONSOR(S):   Laurel Bray-Hanin, VP, COO, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Advancing Personalized Cancer Patient Education in the Digital Age

Submitted by Shu Yi Chen on March 1, 2024 - 2:23pm Last revised by Shu Yi Chen on March 27, 2024 - 11:50am.
Proposal Status: 
Selected for 2nd Round

PROJECT LEAD(S): Jaqueline Simpsons RN MSN

                                  Mackenzie Clark PharmD co-lead

                                  Sherry Chen Rph  co-lead

EXECUTIVE SPONSOR(S): Dr.Karen Chee MD Medical Director of Hematology San Mateo

ABSTRACT 

Expedited Post-Discharge Enrollment into Care at Home: Reducing Length of Stay and Preventable Readmissions for Medically Complex Homebound Older Adults

Submitted by Robert Zimbroff on March 1, 2024 - 12:21pm Last revised by Robert Zimbroff on March 29, 2024 - 4:38pm.
Proposal Status: 
Selected for 2nd Round

PROJECT LEADS

  • Robbie Zimbroff, MD - Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatrics; Assistant Medical Director, Care at Home (Outpatient Lead)
  • Todd James, MD - Professor, Division of Geriatrics; Co-Lead, Age-Friendly Emergency Department (Inpatient Lead)
  • Melody Luo, MPH - Age-Friendly Health Systems QI Specialist (Admin and QI lead)

EXECUTIVE SPONSORS

  • Cynthia Barginere, DNP, RN, FACHE - President of Adult Services, UCSF Health; Senior Vice

Reducing Unnecessary Respiratory Virus Testing in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Submitted by Daniel Shapiro on March 1, 2024 - 9:33am Last revised by Daniel Shapiro on March 28, 2024 - 11:34am.
Proposal Status: 
Selected for 2nd Round

PROPOSAL TITLE: Reducing Unnecessary Respiratory Virus Testing in the Pediatric Emergency Department

PROJECT LEADS: 

  • Emily Roben, MD, MS, Director for Quality and Safety, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Emergency Department, Oakland
  • Israel Green-Hopkins, MD, Director for Quality and Safety, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Emergency Department, San Francisco

EXECUTIVE SPONSORS:

The Accelerated Discharge Program: An Interprofessional Effort to Use Early Identification and Coordination of Next Day Discharges to Improve Rate of On-Time Discharges and Reduce Length of Stay

Submitted by Prashant Patel on March 2, 2024 - 8:49am Last revised by Brian Holt on March 8, 2024 - 2:55pm.
Primary Author: Monisha Bhatia
Proposal Status: 
Not Selected for This Round

PROJECT LEAD(S):

  • Monisha Bhatia, MD – Assistant Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine
  • Prashant Patel, DO – Assistant Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine

EXECUTIVE SPONSOR(S):

  • Bradley Monash, MD – Vice Chief of Clinical Affairs, Hospital Medicine

 

ABSTRACT:

Enhancing Equity and Value with ED-initiated Palliative Care Consults

Submitted by Susan Lambe on March 1, 2024 - 5:04pm Last revised by Brian Holt on March 8, 2024 - 2:55pm.
Primary Author: Michaela Gonzalez
Proposal Status: 
Not Selected for This Round

PROPOSAL TITLE: Enhancing Equity and Value with ED-initiated Palliative Care Consults 

PROJECT LEAD(S): Michaela Gonzalez MD and Susan Lambe MD

EXECUTIVE SPONSOR(S): An executive sponsor is a senior leader(s) in your clinical or operational area who is responsible for the overall success of the project and can assist with the removal of systems barriers. Project teams must remain in regular contact with their executive sponsor(s) throughout the project year. 

Community based Patient Navigator Program as an Intervention to Minimize the impact of Social Determinants of Health on Surgical Outcomes in Pediatric Population

Submitted by Lan Vu on March 1, 2024 - 5:00pm Last revised by Brian Holt on March 8, 2024 - 2:55pm.
Proposal Status: 
Not Selected for This Round
  • PROJECT LEAD(S): Lan Vu, MD, MAS; Doruk Ozgediz, MD, MSc
  • EXECUTIVE SPONSOR(S): Atsuko Baba, MD; Hanmin Lee, MD
  • ABSTRACT - One paragraph summary of your proposed initiative – Limit 1500 characters (with spaces)

There is growing literature on the importance of social determinants of health (SDoH) on surgical quality outcomes in the pediatric population.

Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI) Reduction through Diagnostic Stewardship

Submitted by Cass Sandoval on March 1, 2024 - 4:58pm Last revised by Brian Holt on March 8, 2024 - 2:55pm.
Proposal Status: 
Not Selected for This Round

PROPOSAL TITLE: Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI) Reduction through Diagnostic Stewardship

PROJECT LEAD(S):  HAI Committee Leads (PCD/CNS, MD, HEIP)

EXECUTIVE SPONSOR(S):

  • Art Dominguez, Chief Nursing Officer, Adult Services
  • Nerys Benfield, Interim Chief Medical Officer, Adult Services

ABSTRACT  

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