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Nov 21, 2023 · By integrating video games into healthcare, providers can empower patients, enhance adherence, increase knowledge retention, and ultimately improve outcomes. We will also explore nine success stories and case studies highlighting the real-world impact of healthcare games -
Jul 18, 2024 · Healthcare is poised to be a major growth vector in the games industry, expanding the relevance of games to new audiences and genres.
Oct 10, 2024 · Here, we discuss some of the biggest impacts innovative simulation solutions will have on healthcare. 1. Bridge the Gap Between Theory and Practice. One of the most significant impacts of simulation in healthcare education is its ability to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application.
- Changing Misconceptions
- The Gamification of Health
- Research Realities
- Treating The Whole
Before taking a look at how games can play that role, it’s important to address the misconception that they’re inherently unhealthy. While sitting in the same place for hours on end isn’t great from a health perspective, that’s equally true of spending the whole working day at a desk or bingeing a TV series in one go. It’s also true that games can ...
Now, the idea of using games for positive outcomes is hardly new. We’ve long known that play improves the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional wellbeing of children and young people (we’re also increasingly comfortable that the same is true for all adults). It’s hardly surprising then that educational games quickly followedthe rise of the per...
As promising as games are for healthcare though, it’s important to note that no one can simply build a game and hope to see positive outcomes. These games require extensive research before development can even begin. Game builders don’t just need to understand the outcomes they’re trying to produce and why they’re important, but also what the targe...
Even as the potential for games in healthcare becomes clearer, it’s critical that they aren’t treated as a panacea. Just as it’s important to treat every aspect of our health and wellbeing as part of a much bigger whole, so we should view games as part of an increasingly sophisticated toolkit we have at our disposal when it comes to improving outco...
Feb 11, 2021 · While the bulk of research to date has primarily focused on the therapeutic efficacy of particular HMD-VR health games, how developers and researchers incorporate best-practices in game design to achieve engaging experiences remains underexplored.
- Gordon Tao, Bernie Garrett, Tarnia Taverner, Elliott Cordingley, Crystal Sun
- 2021
Nov 3, 2022 · The ninth and final study conducted by Gava et al 17 presented a systematic review of effects of gaming on pain-related fear, pain catastrophizing, anxiety, and depression in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Several databases were searched for articles published up to October 2021.
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The study found that serious games and gamification techniques are increasingly being used for a wide range of health conditions and the focus is shifting towards the use of mobile and digital...
