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| 4/16/2018

"It’s not often you have a game developer, programmer and physician sitting down talking to each other. It’s like the start of a joke."

-- Tampa-based pediatrician Dr. Phillip Matar

The usually conservative healthcare industry in Central Florida has turned to local video game makers to discover new ways to teach patients about disease and other health-related issues, potentially saving lives in the process.

It’s an effort to reach young people where they spend a good portion of their time: on connected devices.

Read more at the Orlando Sentinel.

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