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e-Health Meets Chronic Disease
Expert Skills and a Driving Passion
The pressing needs of chronic disease suffers have provided a compelling and often very passionate focus for the eHealth community. Across the web, gaming and device technologies there have been some amazing products and services developed to address the challenges brought on by prolonged illness.
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What about the Re-Mission video game for young people fighting cancer...a game that has shown to enhance self efficacy, cancer related knowledge and treatment adherence |
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or Posit, the brain training product that is helping Alzheimer patients think faster, focus better and remember more. |
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The Starlight Foundation's "Quest for the Code® " asthma game, weaves education about asthma management into an engaging adventure |
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| and the diabetes kids and teens site http://www.diabeteskidsandteens.com.au which helps explain diabetes and how to manage it. | ![]() |
| All these are of course in addition to personal health monitoring systems that keep your healthcare providers better informed to support your care | ![]() |
These are only a few examples of the ways in which eHealth technologies are helping people better manage their conditions.
Come along to HealthBeyond and you can see many of these technologies in action and talk to people who have used them. It's a great way to learn how to build a healthier life

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The pressing needs of chronic disease suffers have provided a compelling and often very passionate focus for the eHealth community. Across the web, gaming and device technologies there have been some amazing products and services developed to address the challenges brought on by prolonged illness.












