Title :
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
fDate :
July 30 2012-Aug. 1 2012
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;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Games (CGAMES), 2012 17th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Louisville, KY
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1120-5
DOI :
10.1109/CGames.2012.6314548
