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Use of video games, games technology and game mechanics to improve healthcare
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Researchers at the University of Iowa have been studying ways to reverse the effects of aging on mental agility. Their answer? Play a video game. Not just any game, mind you. Th... Delete the scoop?
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A new study shows that employers are increasingly relying on gamification startups to improve employee health and wellness engagement. Delete the scoop?
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People often see games as bad for health but many institutions have been hard at work to make them work for us. Here are 6 ways games can help healthcare 
Birgit Walsh's curator insight,
March 22, 4:35 AM
A Comprehensive Overview of How Games Help Healthcare in 2013 #hcsmeu #hcsm
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A new game called Auti-Sim simulates childhood experience with autism and aims to raise awareness of the challenges of hypersensitivity disorder. 
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April 25, 2:45 PM
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Video games can sometimes be associated with a sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy weight gain. A new study led by researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) suggests that certain games could... Delete the scoop?
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Just a few more left in our Best of 2012 series! This week we're looking at some of the top articles for Health Gamification in 2012. Delete the scoop?
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Family of Heroes by Kognito is an online simulation that helps equip families and friends of veterans to recognize symptoms of post-deployment stress and encourage veterans to seek help at the VA. Delete the scoop?
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Forget AP Biology and Latin class: get those pre-meds hooked on Call of Duty. The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston found that teenage video gamers were better at simulated surgery than medical residents. Delete the scoop?
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Beyond the levels, badges, reward points and promised engagement increases, there are many behaviourist game designers who see games as persuasive tools for social change. Delete the scoop?
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A recent pilot study at Boston Children’s Hospital has found that a game called RAGE Control can help calm children who express serious anger episodes. Delete the scoop?
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Six gamification experts tell us what they think about how to properly motivate people through game-like activities. Delete the scoop?
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When you visit LinkedIn, one of the most ominous features encouraging profile completion is the progress bar telling you that your profile has a long way to go before you’re complete. Delete the scoop?
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Re-Mission 2, a new release from the nonprofit company HopeLab, is helping kids comply with medical treatment for cancer. Delete the scoop?
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The Children’s National Medical Center opened a new pain care complex with video games to monitor children and change treatment in real time. Delete the scoop?
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Learn how gamification in healthcare is evolving with simulation learning, inspiring new health insurance programs, disease management and more. Delete the scoop?
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Seth Cooper, co-creator of Foldit talks about games for science... Delete the scoop?
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Video games help reading in children with dyslexia," BBC News reports. The news is based on a study that found that video games could be used to treat dyslexia in children. The results of this study warrant further investigation. However, as it included only 20 children, it is too small to draw reliable conclusions from, and many questions remain unanswered. 
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March 9, 7:18 AM
We are in the phase of orienting and testing ourselves with effects of serious gaming in health. Delete the scoop?
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Similar to how parents hide vegetables in pasta to get kids to eat greens, finding a way to teach kids to make healthy choices might take some creativity. 
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March 13, 9:27 AM
This new app sounds like a great idea for kids who have a hard time differentiating between the healthy foods in their diet and the junk food. It allows kids to be able to figure out which foods on the screen are healthy or not. This app only allows the character to move forward in the game if they choose the correct foods. This unknowingly allows the kids to have more knowledge on what they're eating. - SW Delete the scoop?
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A recent study by researchers demonstrated playing video games was positively correlated with the ability to perform minimally-invasive surgery techniques. Delete the scoop?
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What better way is there to entice gamifiers and game-designers to work than to hold a friendly competition? The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is holding a $200,000 competition to find the best game applications to improve individual and community health.
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Games in health are often used to educate patients or promote healthy lifestyles. Now games are being used to educate physicians and medical office staff as well. As more practices adopt electronic health records, patient privacy and data security have become bigger challenges. Smaller practices particularly face challenges in complying with HIPAA standards while coping with fewer resources available for training. Now, a new game developed by the Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is helping teach health care employees best practices for protecting medical data. Delete the scoop?
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Sally Merry, associate professor at University of Auckland, led the research team of New Zealand to develop SPARX—the game to help patients fight depression... Delete the scoop?
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Researchers and health care companies continue to find new ways to use Microsoft's motion-sensing Kinect. Delete the scoop?
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Six gamification experts tell us what they think about how to properly motivate people through game-like activities.Here's part two of the panel. Delete the scoop?
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