Gamification is increasingly being used in healthcare to motivate patients and improve engagement with healthy behaviors. By incorporating game design elements such as points, rewards, challenges, leaderboards, and progress tracking, dental practices can transform routine or educational activities into interactive experiences.
Read MoreFor some stroke patients, home-based video game therapy may be just as effective as other popular forms of in-person physical therapy, according to new research.
Read MoreOur EHR allows us to populate why patients self-discharge and when we reviewed the data, we clearly identified that "Feeling better" was one of the main reasons patients discontinue care. Patients feeling better is a good thing, right? Yes! But if they don't complete their care, and they are only symptomatically better, but not functionally better, then their condition may return.
Read MoreA team of Stanford Medicine-based surgeons has paired up with a UC-Santa Cruz "Serious game" developer and assistant professor, Edward Melcer, PhD, to create a game-based online platform for assessing surgical decision making. The patient's vital signs are displayed overhead. A medical chart provides a brief synopsis of the patient's signs and symptoms.
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