Search Tag: PlayBenefit

IT Management

2016 24 Nov

The Sort siblings - Manel Sort, Head of Studios, King.com, Spain and Anna Sort, CEO & Co-Founder, PlayBenefit – have advocated the potential use of video gaming in healthcare saying that it should create ‘epic wins’ within the industry.   Speaking during the final keynote that closed the World of Health IT event during their session “From Candy...Read more

IT Management

2016 14 Nov

  Anna Sort, nurse, healthcare gamer and app creator at Play Benefit, answers the question: How should a healthcare app developer create a product that addresses a service need and that healthcare professionals want to use?   For the past few years I've heard this discussion a lot in start-up meetings, over coffee in congresses and even...Read more

IT Management

2016 27 Sep

Anna Sort is a qualified nurse, healthcare lecturer and the director of PlayBenefit, a Barcelona-based company which uses gaming to help people heal. What are your key areas of interest and research?  Video games, Engagement design, behaviour change, Placebo effect/mind power, willpower and eustress. What are the major challenges in...Read more