Healthcare company-building profile
West Health and UC San Diego Health Care Innovation Accelerator
West Health (nonprofit) with UC San Diego Health
AcceleratorGovernment or nonprofit acceleratorNonprofitActive
Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Organization
- West Health (nonprofit) with UC San Diego Health
- Organization type
- Nonprofit
- Location
- San Diego, California
- Company stage served
- Not publicly documented
- Cohort or participation model
- Not publicly documented
- Investment or funding offered
- Yes
- Published investment terms
- Non-dilutive; philanthropic funding from West Health to a health system partnership, no equity taken
- Equity or fee model
- No equity
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Active
- Founded
- 2026
Public description
About the program
West Health, a family of nonprofit and nonpartisan organizations focused on lowering healthcare costs and enabling successful aging, launched a major accelerator initiative with UC San Diego Health to develop and test new models of patient care. Reporting has described the effort as a roughly $40 million accelerator. West Health also runs initiatives including age-friendly care model development with health system partners.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
AgingSenior careCare delivery innovationLowering healthcare costs
- Category: Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Published terms: Non-dilutive; philanthropic funding from West Health to a health system partnership, no equity taken
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