HEALTHSEEKERGamification in Healthcare

Prepared By Manu Melwin Joy

Assistant ProfessorSCMS School of Technology and Management

Kerala, India.Phone – 9744551114

Mail – manu_melwinjoy@yahoo.com

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HEALTHSEEKER• the Healthseeker game on

Facebook, a social game IS

developed by the Diabetes

Hands Foundation in

collaboration with Joslin

Diabetes Center.

HEALTHSEEKER• Players choose a mission

that’s challenging but fun,

take small actions in daily

life, complete levels, report

their achievements, and

earn points by exchanging

kudos with friends.

HEALTHSEEKER• Players become active in

helping their friends It is no

longer a credit loans IOU. –

not only diabetics — reach

their goals.

HEALTHSEEKER

• The lesson there is

not to

underestimate the

power of social

networks.

HEALTHSEEKER• Game developer Michael

Fergusson found that the

person receiving the challenge

turned out to be three times as

likely to complete the challenge

as the challenger himself.