Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Interview with Dan Hickey, SVP of Products at Alliance Health (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: When you look at what happens in the industry, mobile, social, and technology in general are impacting the healthcare industry in a big way. What are some of the key trends you observe? Dan Hickey: I think it is the big push in healthcare right now. It is being done in a very

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Interview with Dan Hickey, SVP of Products at Alliance Health (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What do you make people do? Somebody who is depressed, is that person engaging? Dan Hickey: They are engaging with others. They are sharing stories, motivating each other, helping each other, etc. Empathy in communities goes a long way.

Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Interview with Dan Hickey, SVP of Products at Alliance Health (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s switch to the other side of the equation – to the consumers. In your networks, what are the behaviors of the consumers? What are they doing there? Dan Hickey: Some of our consumers are in a discovery mode, where they are looking at information around symptoms and early diagnosis, or troubleshooting issues

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Interview with Dan Hickey, SVP of Products at Alliance Health (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Is it the American audience you are catering to? Dan Hickey: Yes. It is mostly the U.S. at this time. SM: And how big is the company? DH: We are a $30 million-plus business.

Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Interview with Dan Hickey, SVP of Products at Alliance Health (Part 1)

Dan Hickey is the senior vice president of products at Alliance Health, a social networking company that provides a community platform for people with health conditions. Dan has almost 17 years of experience in digital media, having worked for AOL and Meredith Corporation. In this interview he talks about how people are able connect with

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Peter Hudson, Founder of iTriage (Part 1)

People want simplicity, efficiency and facility in everything they do. Monitoring and maintaining their health is no exception. In fact, when they’re not feeling well and want answers, people tend to be more rather than less impatient. iTriage LLC, is a Denver, Colorado–based global health care technology company that was founded in 2008 by two

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Web 3.0 and Mental Illness: Context

First, we explore context. What brings users to the web? It could be that a family member is in the middle of a first psychosis. However, the family has no experience of the phenomenon, and hence, they do not know what the symptoms mean. They come to the web for research.

Web 3.0 and Mental Illness: Introduction

This holiday season, as we play with fun topic like music, food, and dance, I also want to tackle one heavy topic: mental illness. There has always been a stigma around mental illness. Yet, 10 percent of the U.S. population is mentally ill. And if you extrapolate from that number, it is conceivable that worldwide,

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