Serious games and Health Informatics: A unified framework

Author

Elmaghraby, Adel ; Mendez, Amaia ; Zapirain, Begona Garcia ; Sheta, Walaa ; El Shehaby, Saleh

Author_Institution

CECS Dept., Univ. of Louisville, Louisville, CA, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

July 30 2012-Aug. 1 2012

Firstpage

35

Lastpage

38

Abstract

Serious games have been expanding to include diagnostic and therapeutic applications. At the same time Health Informatics and health information systems are getting more attention and usage. Integrating serious games for health with Health information systems is a necessity to create a more effective user experience and health outcomes. This paper provides an overview of main components of each domain and proposes a unified approach for integration.

Keywords

computer games; medical diagnostic computing; medical information systems; patient treatment; diagnostic applications; health informatics; health information systems; serious games; therapeutic applications; user experience; Computers; Educational institutions; Games; Information systems; Medical treatment; Mobile handsets; Human computer interfaces; Serious Games; data centric design; health information systems; therapeutic games; user centric approach;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Games (CGAMES), 2012 17th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Louisville, KY

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1120-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CGames.2012.6314548

Filename

6314548