Finding the gamification sweet spot in health | Simulation in Health Sciences Education | Scoop.it

Dave Levy (@levydr) writes:

 

'The more health apps have in common with other popular app trends like gamification, the easier it will be for mainstream consumers to get on board and use them more. Watching how new health apps leverage incentives is sure to be fascinating.

 

And even though the examples [cited in the piece, namely Gympact, Stickk and RunKeeper] are all related to fitness, let’s home there are innovators out there working to crack the code that could bring game-applications to thins like physical therapy, medicine adherence and chronic condition tracking.'