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Maria Cucciniello

Assistant Professor, Department of Policy Analysis and Public Management, Bocconi University

Maria Cucciniello holds a Ph.D in Management from University of Edinburgh Business School, a B. Sc. in Economics and Management of Public Administration and International Institutions from Università Bocconi.

She is Assistant Professor at the Department of Institutional Analysis and Public Management (Bocconi University) and she also works at SDA Bocconi, where she is involved in many projects and teaching activities concerning the innovation process in public and healthcare sector. Her research areas include transparency in the public administration e-government, innovation in government, change management in the public sector collaborative public management, and impact of technology on the public and health sectors.

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Digital Value

Posted on 05.02.2014

Can mHealth be a solution for cancer care?

The impressive spread of mobile connectivity in recent years has attracted attention on the infinite possibilities to transform healthcare services, making them accessible to people regardless of their age, social status or geographical location. Thousands of mobile applications have been developed and hundreds of pilot studies have been launched in an attempt to capture a slice of the pie. With increasing prevalence of cancer and rocketing healthcare costs, could mHealth be a solution for cancer supportive care?  We dig in to find out.

By Maria Cucciniello Assistant Professor, Department of Policy Analysis and Public Management, Bocconi University