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Interactive systems for health

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This forum is dedicated to personal health in all its many facets: decision-making, goal setting, celebration, discovery, reflection, and coordination, among others. We'll look at innovations in interactive technologies and how they help address current critical healthcare challenges. Gillian R. Hayes, Editor

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        cover image Interactions
        Interactions  Volume 20, Issue 3
        May + June 2013
        84 pages
        ISSN:1072-5520
        EISSN:1558-3449
        DOI:10.1145/2451856
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