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[...] 500 More have entered #getstarted2014 with their new walking game Walking Safari, for people who want to be healthier but never quite get around to it. The Walking Safari [...]

[...] 500 More are developing Walking Safari, a game you have to walk to play. Choose a level Choose from a range of walking challenges [...]

[...] below. Join In 500 More develop mobile app games for Health and Wellbeing.  Our new game, Walking Safari, is due for release in December 2014.  Why not sign up to be part of our Beta Testers [...]

[...] work, 10 minutes at lunch time and 10 minutes on the way home. 500 More are developing Walking Safari to help encourage and motivate people to fit walking into their daily routine.  Find [...]

[...] to live longer, the long term consequences of our lifestyles are increasing incidents of chronic disease.  If there were a way to encourage more people to make healthy choices, in time that could [...]

[...] , however for many their lifestyle puts them at increased risk of a future diagnosis of chronic disease, such as type 2 diabetes or a heart condition.  More enlightened employers are looking to [...]

[...] health care costs.  A very significant portion of these costs come from the treatment of chronic disease which are largely the product of lifestyle choices; whether we smoke, drink too much, are [...]

[...] society from the increasing burden of rising cost, increasing longevity and the incidence of chronic disease. Sign up for a Free Consultation 500 More develop mobile apps for Health and Wellbeing. If [...]

[...] How to Ensure Success in Digital Health Innovation The promise of Digital Health has appeared to be straightforward, but delivery has often been disappointing and progress [...]

[...] high majority of innovations fail to deliver the expected results.  In the field of Digital Health we have perhaps become used to technology not quite living up to the hype and where many have [...]

[...] Data, Data Everywhere If digital health is about one thing, it’s about data.  The power of data, or our understanding of its power, [...]

[...] of our philosophy at 500 More.  You can read more about the Gamification of wellbeing in this Digital Health post here. With the recent rise of wearable devices, some organisations have adapted the [...]

[...] lessons from the conference. 1. Interoperability is a major cause of waste in the Healthcare system 2. There’s too much data and not enough analysis 3. Wearables have a long way to go. [...]

[...] that people who make healthier lifestyle choices use the healthcare system less often in the short term. Society at Large.  It is now pretty well known that modern [...]

[...] providers.  It’s clear therefore that Apple wants to connect its technology with the healthcare system and become an intermediary between data originators, patients and data consumers.  The [...]

[...] at all is to plan for failure. Conclusion Apps are become more and more a part of our healthcare system.  They offer huge potential to change not just the way healthcare is delivered, but [...]

[...] And why it might not matter. Recently Workplace Wellbeing has become controversial.  You might think that efforts by employers to help their staff to [...]

[...] How to Ensure Success in Digital Health Innovation The promise of Digital Health has appeared to be straightforward, but delivery has often [...]

[...] here and we'll send you the joining instructions. The post How to Ensure Success in Digital Health Innovation appeared first on 500More. [...]

[...] instead that we wind back our scope and take Augmenting Reality to mean any way in which digital technology can interpose between our normal perception of the real world and add elements of the [...]

[...] , psychological and sociological context in which a solution sits.  That is: How digital technology fits around us physically, how it addresses both our psychological and emotional needs as [...]

[...] wellbeing in order to reduce absence and increase productivity. The post The Impact of Wellbeing Programmes on Employee Absence appeared first on 500More. [...]

[...] but this can be framed as discriminating against employees who are choosing not to engage. Wellbeing programmes that involve health screening can result in people being medicalised when this is not [...]

[...] Examples of Gamification in Healthcare Gamification is becoming increasingly popular in Healthcare. The concept of taking elements of game [...]

[...] real world rewards of some kind, usually related to the objectives of game. For instance a gamification app encouraging exercise might allow users to earn rewards for exercising and then exchange them [...]