Francesco Petracca
Government, Health and Not for Profit
Biography
Francesco Petracca is a Lecturer of the Government, Health & Not for Profit Knowledge Group at SDA Bocconi School of Management. He is a Research Fellow at CERGAS (Centre for research on health and social care management) Bocconi and an Academic Fellow at the Department of Social and Political Science of Università Bocconi. At SDA Bocconi he was Teaching Assistant of the Master in Healthcare Management (MiMS) between 2016 and 2020.
His research activities focus on digital technologies in the health care sector, with a specific focus on mobile health and mHealth applications, their evaluation methodologies and their impact on chronic disease management. Other areas of interest include: institutional and organizational arrangements in the Italian National Health Service; community and primary care; disease management models. He previously participated in the EU-funded project COMED EU-H2020. He is the author of several articles on his subjects of interest. His main works have been published in NPJ Digital Medicine, Health Economics, BMJ Open, Journal of Medical Internet Research, and JMIR mHealth uHealth.
He earned an MSc in Economics and Management of Public Administration and International Institutions from Università Bocconi.
Teaching domains
Digital Innovation
Integrated and Transitional Care
Latest publications
Classification grid and evidence matrix for evaluating digital medical devices under the European union landscape
npj Digital Medicine, 2025, vol.8, no. 1
Harnessing financial incentives for health promotion: A scoping review of prevention programs implemented in upper-middle and high-income countries
Social Science & Medicine, 2025, vol.383, pp.118499
A mobile supportive care app for patients with metastatic lung cancer: the Lung Cancer App (LuCApp) randomized controlled trial
Supportive Care in Cancer, 2025, vol.33, pp.641
Adoption of artificial intelligence applications in clinical practice: Insights from a Survey of Healthcare Organizations in Lombardy, Italy
Digital Health, 2025, vol.11
Digital Transformation in Healthcare: Challenges and opportunities in policy and management
Egea, Milano, Italy, 2025
Il processo di digitalizzazione delle aziende sanitarie verso la conclusione del PNRR: opportunità tecnologiche e risposte organizzative
Mecosan, 2025, no. 132, pp.137-146
