A game plan: Gamification design principles in mHealth applications for chronic disease management

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 184-193

  Miller, Aaron S ^a,b   Cafazzo, Joseph A ^a,b,c   Seto, Emily ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

consumer health; health informatics; innovation; mHealth; patient engagement

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; REWARD; SELF CARE; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION; VIDEO GAME;

CELL PHONES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; REWARD; SELF CARE; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84971324311     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458214537511     Document Type: Article

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