Innovating Mental Health: How TARA Mind and Digital Tools Are Bridging Gaps in Care

  Brian Dolan, President of TARA Mind and healthcare innovator at Red Cell Partners, who has spent 30+ years redesigning how consumers and employers approach mental and physical well-being joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Mental Health Channels. Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Brian Dolan discuss the following:

1. TARA Mind focuses on mental health innovation. What’s one underrated strategy consumers can use today to improve their mental well-being?
2. TARA Mind is tackling mental health differently. Can you share a specific feature or approach that sets it apart from other mental health solutions?
3. What’s the biggest mistake people make when engaging with digital health tools, and how can they fix it?
4. You’ve worked with insurers, employers, and providers. Where do you see the most exciting collaboration opportunities to tackle systemic healthcare gaps?
5. What’s your #1 recommendation to improve workforce mental health without breaking the budget?
6. What’s your bold prediction for the next big disruption in digital health?

Brian Dolan is the President of TARA Mind and an Operating Partner in Red Cell’s Healthcare Practice. Mr. Dolan was a founding member of Rally Health’s leadership team and led the development of its health plan and provider system engagement solutions. He is a chronic health care innovator with 30+ years of experience focused on population health management initiatives and health outcomes measurement. Brian possesses a comprehensive and balanced understanding of today’s health care system from the perspective of all the primary stakeholders (consumers, providers, employers and insurers). He was the primary architect of Rally Health’s Annual Health Innovation Summit for health plans and provider systems which focused on the exploration of the “art of the possible” in terms of innovative collaboration. He has spent the last 15 years focused on cracking the code to enhance consumer and provider engagement to improve health, care quality, cost and satisfaction outcomes. Prior to joining Rally Health in 2012, Brian was chief customer solutions officer for ActiveHealth Management which pioneered the use of technology and data to improve adherence to evidence-based guidelines of care through provider and member engagement outreach. Earlier in his career, he held leadership roles at Hewitt Associates and Towers Perrin, where he was principal and Northeast sales and marketing leader. Brian earned an MBA in Finance from Clark University and a BA in Biochemistry from Bowdoin College. Website: https://www.taramind.com People also listened to this: How Coleen Kirnan Transformed Her Career from Real Estate to Culinary Travel and Hospitality