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Healthy Gaming EdLogics makes well-being interactive Information about the vendors available to Allegheny County School Health Insurance Consortium (ACSHIC) members can be accessed in a fun way at myedlogics.com, thanks to an online game. EdLogics CEO TomChamberlain, Vice President of Product Development and Client Services Brooke Chamberlain, and Executive Vice President of Business Development Kirk Woodruff say the concept is about making learning fun. Judging by the responses from clients, that goal has been attained. By Steve Metsch

“We know that people forget about 80 percent of what their doctor says by the time they get to the parking lot,” Woodruff says. Words from a doctor about health care sometimes seems like a lecture to a patient. “That’s why you tend to not remember some of the most important things you probably should,” Woodruff says. “So, what we did, we built an interactive, multimedia — and most importantly, gamified — health education and engagement platform,” Woodruff says. Through the use of online games, clients can earn points to become eligible for gift card prizes. En route, they also learn more about each of the following vendors that have links on the EdLogics page:

Lytle EAP Teladoc Healthcare Bluebook

“What we did was build these games to teach the employ- ees about what these vendors are all about,” Chamberlain says. “We became the virtual front door of ACSHIC.” Brooke Chamberlain says the games have proven popular. The “Fact or Myth” game has questions from seven vendors about services offered. Users can answer questions about services that are offered. After answering, they learn if they are correct or not, and in the process learn more about the topic in each question. “We’ve become a knowledge center for the employee on any product, any company or their own company,” Tom Chamberlain says. “You learn something about your bene- fits by playing.” Clients can also access information about the Highmark program, ShareCare. “ShareCare wasn’t being used often because it wasn’t engaging,” Tom Chamberlain says. “So, we built it on behalf of Highmark because they wanted to make ShareCare stay as a product. We wanted it more exciting and more useful and more used.” Brooke Chamberlain, notes that a link to ShareCare is on

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