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MedMatcher is a mobile game designed to help educate patients about the medications they have been prescribed and the reasons for taking those medications. It was specifically designed for and tested in the hospital setting and utilized at discharge. Through a simple interface, the matching game can be played as many times as desired by both patients and family members. Preliminary trials have indicated that MedMatcher is an ideal adjunct to existing medication education, and has the potential to significantly increase medication understanding.
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Becker, D.M., Becker, D. (2019). MedMatcher: A Mobile Game Designed to Improve Medication Understanding at Hospital Discharge. In: Arai, K., Bhatia, R., Kapoor, S. (eds) Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2018. FTC 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 881. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02683-7_86
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