LA DHS Safety-Net Health Innovation Awards
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Safety-Net Health Innovation Awards
UCLA CTSI and the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (LAC DHS) award the Safety-Net Health Innovation Awards (formerly Implementation Science Awards) to project teams to develop and pilot interventions to enhance quality, efficiency and patient-centeredness of care in the LA County health care system.
Initiated in 2017, the Safety-Net Health Innovation Awards provide each team with up to $150,000 for projects up to two years. Projects are expected to provide preliminary data for extramural funding to implement and formally evaluate the interventions within LAC DHS.
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The next round of applications will be accepted in Spring 2024
Recent Awardees
"Improving Postpartum Care Transitions for Clients with Mental Health Conditions"
Institution: Lundquist Institute - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Award Year: 2023
"Improving Care and Addressing Health Literacy in Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis and Surveillance"
Institution: Olive View-UCLA Medical Center – Department of Surgery
Award Year: 2023
Prior Awardees
Between 2015 and 2019, we supported 18 projects* that had an impact on care or outcomes for 82,000 LAC DHS patients and 270 providers and LAUSD students.
*2018 and 2019 were co-sponsored by the Southern California CTSI at USC.
| YEAR AWARDED | PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR | PI INSTITUTION | PROJECT TITLE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Daniel DeUgarte | Lundquist/Harbor-UCLA | County-Wide Implementation of Post-Operative Pain Management Guidelines with Reduction of Prescribed Opioids |
| 2019 | David G. Armstrong, Gregory A. Magee | USC | The Hotfoot Line: Implementation and Harmonization of an Instant-triage Program to Speed Care and Eliminate Preventable Diabetes-related Amputation in the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services |
| 2018 | Emily Chang | Lundquist/Harbor-UCLA | Curing the Opioid Crisis: Integrative Medicine Services for Outpatient Pain Management |
| 2018 | Lello Tesema | LAC DHS (Correctional Health Services) / USC | Rapid Engagement of Patients with Substance Use Disorders through Expedited Triage (RESET): A Jail Implementation Study |
| 2018 | Kabir Yadav | Lundquist/Harbor-UCLA | Using Behavioral Science to Reduce Inappropriate Antibiotic Use in Acute Care Settings |
| 2017 | Dong Chang | Lundquist/Harbor-UCLA | Time Limited Trials to Reduce Non-Beneficial Intensive Care Unit Treatments Among Critically-Ill Patients with Advanced Medical Illnesses |
| 2017 | Elizabeth Pyatak | USC | Addressing Uncontrolled Diabetes in Primary Care: A Lifestyle Redesign Approach |
| 2017 | Kenneth Zangwill | Lundquist/Harbor-UCLA | Discontinuation of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis After Surgical Incision Closure |
Map of LAC-DHS Partnered Projects from 2015*, 2017, 2018. *NOTE: Funding did not include USC as a partner until 2017. Photo credit: UCLA.