Aetna

Health Insurers are Using Competitions to Gamify Weight Loss

Kevin Shane13 years ago13 years ago03 mins

Many of us agree that the ultimate rewards for successful weight loss are looking great and feeling better. However, how many times have you lost sight of your goal because of the time and work it takes to get there? By using games in health, notably in weight loss, dieters are able to compete and reap rewards to encourage them to stick to their diet plans.

A recent article in AIS Health describes how health insurers are getting involved to keep dieters on track. United Health, Aetna, and Humana have developed competitions for dieters to encourage participation.

Gamification Roundup – May 7, 2012

Ivan Kuo14 years ago14 years ago11 mins

This week on the Gamification Roundup, we have news on gamification as a means of growth (and decline) in a number of different topics: “Healthy Competition” is taking on a whole new meaning as companies pit employees against themselves for health, Sandra Day ‘O Connor creates a SimCity-like game to teach local government, Striiv addicts…

Gamification Roundup – April 16, 2012

Ivan Kuo14 years ago14 years ago01 mins

This week on the Gamification Roundup: Aetna is giving away their Mindbloom wellness game, a 3D Printing platform gets gamified, Tony Vetrice covers what makes games addicting, and a RFID sensor game incentivizes workers to take the stairs. Check out the full roundup after the jump.

What is Gamification for You?

Kevin Shane15 years ago14 years ago21 mins

by Kevin Shane and Jeff Lopez In the past, one of the largest impediments to using games for accomplishing real world goals has been the response that the word “games” triggers in business and policy circles. But in the past few years, we have noticed a shift. Games–and now gamification–have both become accepted as a serious…

Health

Games for Health: Benjamins, Fundreds and Exergames…oh my!

Kevin Richardson15 years ago14 years ago11 mins

Games for Health Founder, Ben Sawyer has been endeavoring to bring games into health practices for just over six years. This year, the conference was held on the Boston Harbor, just across from campuses of SCVNGR, IdeaPaint, and Babson College (entrepreneurial leader in education and future site for our Gamification Workshop).

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Health Insurers are Using Competitions to Gamify Weight Loss

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