Leveraging social media for preventive care- A gamification system and insights

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 180, Issue , 2012, Pages 838-842

  Lin, Raymund J ^a   Zhu, Xinxin ^b  

^a IBM RESEARCH   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamification; Healthcare compliance; Social networking

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GAME THEORY; PATIENT TREATMENT;

BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS; GAMIFICATION; HEALTH CONDITION; MASLOW'S HIERARCHY; MOTIVATION FACTORS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ARTICLE; GAME; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84872541795     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-101-4-838     Document Type: Conference Paper

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