Looking for a new approach to gamify health related information for paediatric emergency patients.

I've never built an mhealth startup, but I have spent a lot of time researching and implementing gamified product experiences. I would suggest the following resources: 1) Anything Gabe writes + videos online http://www.gamification.co/gabe-zichermann/ 2) Anything Nir writes + watch his videos online http://www.nirandfar.com/ On Clarity: https://clarity.fm/nireyal 3) Anything Amy Jo Kim writes + talks http://amyjokim.com/ On Clarity: https://clarity.fm/amyjokim These are the 3 people I turn to .. they're brilliant

I would disagree with Laura's advice about allowing your communication system to operate in-tandem to what you're trying to displace. Hospital staff have very little appetite to learn or adopt new systems, especially for mission-critical work. I also disagree with the idea that your competitors are an ideal partner. They will force you to adopt their processes and live by their rules, severely limiting your upside and will often waste your time with misleading signals of interest. Has this objection cost you any sales yet? If not, don't over-think this. Is it an objection that you've just been given and you're about to close or lose a sale over? If that's the case, call me or someone and talk through this right now. Otherwise, focus on ensuring that the client is totally bought-in to using your software (trial or otherwise). If this issue comes up, you have a number of ways to address this: Generally speaking, even with mission-critical software, the due diligence doesn't include financial analysis of the vendor. So just project the confidence that you *will* be around and you should be fine. If not, there are actual contract-specific language that you could use to address this but you really should avoid that at this stage.

Hi, I specialize in healthcare startups and have helped start and grow numerous healthcare organizations from IT to Clinical. It sounds like much of the work you are asking about can be done without an attorney or with less help from an attorney if you do much of the work up front. It has been my experience that healthcare attorneys which work in really large groups are very expensive. Of course expensive is a relative word. One of my clients paid $750/hour for attorneys with a minimum of $20,000 per month. In that particular case, the company was a very large healthcare startup that was later sold to a major healthcare conglomerate. The cost was justified by the profit the company earned. That being said, it also depends on where you are located. If you are a nationwide company you need an attorney who has a broad view of healthcare nationally. If you specifically work with Medicare, you need an attorney who knows about Medicare. The same goes for Medicaid except each Medicaid program and the amount Medicaid pays for services varies greatly from state to state. So, to use a line that all attorneys are taught, "it depends." I would need more information. Meanwhile, I would suggest that you do a search on LinkedIn. My clients have used various attorney groups over the past few years. Some of my clients have used Mark Kaufman (New York). I hope this helps. All upvotes are welcome. Best of luck, Michael Michael Von Irvin Author, Consultant, Serial Entrepreneur

Great question! Not a lot of people know about this but is a technique used to help motivate others, particularly employees and team members for better quality, producton, etc... It pretty much harnesses the human desire for competition and makes simple management orders into a group effort through competition. Gasification I think has been used too by companies to entice greater consumer engagement like rewarding for more purchases or checkin in at different locations of the same business...

Focus on apps/devices that make it easier to manage chronic diseases--asthma, COPD, diabetes, or other issues like infertility. Managing these ailments can be cumbersome, and most patients fail at managing them. This is where mobile devices can offer the most benefit.