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Computer and video games are one of today's fastest growing media forms and provide an exciting range of opportunities to address some of our nation's most complex health and health care challenges.

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AF4Q Games to Generate Data Challenge

April 4, 2013 | Story

Five finalist teams were announced at the conclusion of Phase I of AF4Q's Game Challenge, a competition to create game applications that generate useful health care quality data to improve health and health care.

Health Games Research

March 4, 2012 | Story

Advancing Effectiveness of Interactive Games for Health.

Pioneering Health Games

March 4, 2012 | Story

Pioneer's Investments in Advancing the Field of Health Games.

The Games for Health Project

March 1, 2012 | Story

Home of the 8th Annual National Games for Health Conference.

Advancing the Field at the 2011 Games for Health Conference

May 11, 2011 | Story

To join the conversation about the conference, follow the Twitter hashtag #G4H11 and visit the Pioneering Ideas blog during the week of May 16 for event news and highlights.

Using Computer Games to Help Patients Understand Health Risks

November 21, 2010 | Story

Through the public informatics fellowship, Ancker learned computer programming and began to design computer games that people could play to understand the risks and probabilities of certain diseases or treatments.

2010 Games for Health Conference: Uniting Leaders in Health and Games Development

May 9, 2010 | Story

Digital interactive games and game technologies that can improve health and the delivery of health care.

Ben Sawyer, President of Digitalmill and Games for Health Founder

June 8, 2006 | Story

The potential: A powerful shift is taking place in media as video and computer gaming has become the world's fastest growing media form; more than half of all North American households purchased at least one video game in 2004. The proposal: Apply t ...

Playing Games to Improve Health

April 7, 2008 | Story

Computer and video games are one of today's fastest growing media forms and provide an exciting range of opportunities to address some of our nation's most complex health and health care challenges.

Games for Health

May 6, 2008 | Video/Story

Connecting the worlds of video games and health, with positive results.

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