While no one is expecting gamers to line up in droves to “play” in clinical trials, per se, some tech pioneers believe the psychology and design of certain online games can be adapted to improve clinical trial recruitment and retention.
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Taking inspiration from popular games such as Candy Crush and World of Warcraft, Data Cubed has developed a mHealth platform that promises to increase patient engagement in clinical research.
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The $50,000 challenge was sponsered by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to help find a tech-enabled approach to addressing substance abuse of opioids.
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ResQ uses a series of games to do psychological assessments, and alerts your support network–friends, family, counselors–if you need help staying clean.
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Data Cubed met with Candy Crush and World of Warcraft executives to inform the creation of an app designed to help prevent relapse in people recovering from opioid addiction.
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Brooklyn Health Tech Start-Up that Harnesses Gaming Technology for Gathering Data Selected as Finalist in Prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Foundation “Opioid Challenge”
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Medgadget had a chance to speak with Paul Glimcher, CEO of one of the semifinalists, Data Cubed, developers of the ResQ mobile app. Data Cubed is a life sciences technology company that began as an academic partnership with New York University. The company’s digital health tools highlight the potential for video game technology to achieve high levels of patient engagement leading to better clinical outcomes.
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Data Cubed is one of five finalists in the Robert Wood Johnson Opioid Challenge, whose winners will be announced in September. In the ResQ app, a user moves an avatar through a city.
Data Cubed, a life sciences tech company, has come out with an app called Resilience IQ (or ResQ) that leverages video game technology to help prevent relapse in individuals recovering from opioid addiction.
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Fighting the opioid crisis with social support. Digital health startup Data Cubed was named a semi-finalist in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Opioid Challenge for its platform, called the Resilience IQ app.