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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Gaming for Weight Loss
October 30, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
The Children’s Digital Media Center at Georgetown University received a grant from Health Games Research to investigate the game design principles that might make exergames effective physical activity and weight loss tools.
Health Games Research Grantees Report Research Discoveries in the July 2012 Issue of Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology
August 20, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Health Games Research Grantees Report Research Discoveries in the July 2012 Issue of Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology
#GFH12 Update: Health Games Research Database Adds Powerful Online Search Features
June 13, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Debra Lieberman gives an update on the rollout of new additions to the Health Games Research Database.
Gaming the Field
June 12, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Ben Sawyer gives a preview of the 2012 Games for Health Conference, the future of health games research, and the impact games can have.
Pioneer's Commitment to Health Games Profiled in New Games for Health Journal
March 12, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
I recently had the good fortune of sitting down with Bill Ferguson to discuss the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s pivotal role in health games research for the inaugural issue of the Games for Health Journal. In our talk, I detailed the Foundation’ ...
Health Games Research Profiled by Inside Healthcare IT
February 17, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Health Games Research Profiled by Inside Healthcare IT
'Exergames' Can Improve Cognitive Function in Older Adults
January 26, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
'Exergames' Can Improve Cognitive Function in Older Adults
The Chronicle of Philanthropy Profiles the Pioneer Portfolio
November 27, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Health care is one of life’s most basic needs. It’s so simple. In recent years, though, the subject of health care has also served to polarize our nation. We all need it, but who’s responsible for making sure we get it? How do we ensure it’s safe, h ...
Game Solutions for Health Care: A Spectacularly Transformative Learning Experience
June 15, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The program generated a forum for faculty and students that spectacularly transformed the learning experience. Students learned new language and ways to think differently about problems and solutions. Students learned by doing and developed an unexp ...
Gaining Perspectives on mHealth
December 21, 2011 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
In my recent blog post summarizing December’s mHealth Summit, I began by saying that the mHealth organizers must have been pleased with the conference, given its growth in attendance and engagement. We were equally pleased with RWJF and Pioneer’s pr ...