Interactive, cloud-based video games are designed to tackle pharma's current challenge: engaging doctors virtually during a pandemic. But the tools are likely to outlive the circumstances in which they were born.
As videogames have become mainstream and emerged from the dimly-lit arcade rooms of years past, gaming technology has found increasing application in medical training, pain management, rehab, and digital therapeutics.
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At the Health 2.0 conference in Santa Clara a range of healthcare players from large employers to young startups spoke about their approaches to developing and implementing digital therapeutics.
Patient engagement and education seem to be the largest drivers for building games for healthcare organizations.
One goal of the simulation platform, developed by Kognito, is to improve the quality of interactions between patients and physicians.
Among the investors taking part in the round are JAZZ Venture Partners, Canepa Advanced Healthcare Fund and PureTech Health.
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MedCity News has partnered with BioCrossroads to provide coverage focused on Indiana’s next generation of growth and innovation in life sciences EmotEd, a therapeutic software business centered on rehabilitation for adults with traumatic brain injuries is recruiting patients next month. The study will evaluate the effectiveness of a scenario-based video game it has developed to […]
Akili Interactive Labs will do an efficacy study of its video game platform for children with high functioning autism who also experience attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. It is part of a collaboration with nonprofit Delivering Scientific Innovation for Autism — the venture philanthropy affiliate of Autism Speaks, according to a company statement. Akili developed the […]
I would never have associated Samuel Clemens or his pen name with gamification, but a new white paper from Canadian health technology business Ayogo highlights the author’s insights on the subject in a look at the chemistry of gamification. More importantly, it underscores what’s needed to build the kind games that can improve patient engagement […]
Ten years after Robert Wood Johnson Foundation allocated grant funding to support the Games for Health Project, it’s coming to an end. Next year the annual Games for Health conference may be held as part of the annual HIMSS conference starting next April in Chicago, according to a source familiar with the project. In a […]
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When I see gamification news in my email or on Twitter, it tends to involve an insurance company or employer wellness plan that wants to motivate behavior change, encourage patient engagement or track ability. But pharmaceutical companies’ interest in the space is increasing, particularly because companies are in search of a way to change patient […]
In a move that could have a significant impact on how pharmaceutical companies view gamification, Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) has agreed to test the use of a mobile video game from Akili Interactive Labs to detect early signs of Alzheimer’s disease. The goal of the trial is to evaluate Akili’s game as a biomarker for potential […]