Techstars Healthcare powered by Permanente Medicine, Thought Leader Panel #3: Primary Care, Memory Care, Lifestyle Medicine, Palliative Care
Learn more from some of Permanente Medicine’s thought leaders about trends in healthcare and how innovative startups can play a role in transforming care delivery, including within their own system.
While the themes covered will be broadly applicable to founders working on transforming healthcare delivery in any of Permanente Medicine's Specialties, this panel will specifically feature experts focused on:
Supportive and Palliative care
You’ll learn about:
Examples of innovative offerings that have been successfully implemented, and lessons learned for founders hoping to work with a major health system
Examples of current challenges and resulting opportunities for innovation within each of their fields
Crystal ball predictions about how healthcare may be transformed for the better over the next 5 to 10 years, and how innovative founders can help drive that
How they hope to engage with companies that are accepted into the accelerator, and how Permanente Medicine’s unique approach to delivering value-based care provides an ideal environment for startups to validate and refine their healthcare solutions
Audience questions
Panelists from Permanente Medicine:
Mona K. Gahunia, DO, FACP
Associate Medical Director
Operational Excellence, Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases
Jon Treem, MD
Regional Medical Director
Palliative Care and Hospice
Moderators:
Keith Camhi, Techstars
Managing Director
Jessica Locke, Permanente Medicine
Chief of Staff and Strategic Innovation
About the accelerator
Techstars Healthcare Accelerator powered by Permanente Medicine Mid-Atlantic States, in Washington D.C., is designed for visionary entrepreneurs who are meaningfully transforming healthcare delivery, making it more accessible, personalized, and efficient. We seek solutions that could thrive in a value-based care environment to enhance patient outcomes, reduce costs, and improve care experiences across diverse populations.
Innovation leadership and collaboration
As healthcare continues to evolve rapidly, there is a growing need to address emerging challenges, improve patient outcomes, streamline operations, and enhance the overall healthcare ecosystem. This can be achieved by fostering increased innovation and supporting the development of scalable solutions that drive meaningful change.
This program provides a unique opportunity for founders to receive support and mentorship from both Techstars and Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (MAPMG), an award-winning group of 1,800 physicians spanning more than 60 medical specialties and nearly 300 staff professionals, and the exclusive care provider of Kaiser Permanente in the Washington D.C., Virginia, and Maryland region.