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Can 'persuasive technology' change behavior and help people better manage chronic diseases?

  • Written by Samir Chatterjee, Professor of Technology Design & Management , Claremont Graduate University
Could a timely text or a friendly reminder be the difference between good health and chronic disease?anuje/Shutterstock.com

It was March 2014 when I received a phone call as I was working in my office. The person on the other end introduced herself as Dr. Linda Houston-Feenstra, chief cardiac nurse of Loma Linda University SACHS Heart Clinic. She...

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