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Ayogo Named to Top 100 Most Innovative mHealth Companies for Second Time Ayogo has been recognized for a second time, as one of the most innovative and disruptive health technology companies globally. Ayogo is one of the few Canadian companies listed. We are deeply honoured to remain among the top 100 digital health companies even as competition and innovation have

Q&A with Ayogo’s Lead Software Developer Name: Ian Suda Title: Lead Software Developer, Ayogo Health Inc. Fun Facts: I’ve been doing judo for 29 years! Hobbies: Judo, running, hockey, video games. LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/iansuda Each month we put an Ayogi in the Spotlight. This month meet Ian Suda. Ian is our lead software developer and has been with the company longer than Ayogo has been “Ayogo”:

At Ayogo, we practice what we preach. Since the apps we develop promote engagement and health behaviour change, including developing healthy lifestyle habits, we strive to follow our own advice. What we do to stay healthy at our main studio in Vancouver revolves around three main activities: healthy snacking, staying active and getting outside! Antony Parnell, our superstar administrative assistant,

The 2016 International Serious Play Awards competition today recognized the collaboration between Ayogo and Genentech with a Silver Award for two health-games that illustrate immunotherapy. The award winning health games include T-Cells Attack and Lymph Node Labyrinth. Each relates to the science behind the Cancer-Immunity Cycle. Cancer immunotherapy is the most talked about area of research today. Genentech is a global leader in developing cancer medicines, and cancer

Ayogo and Genentech Collaborate on Award Winning Health Games The 2016 International Serious Play Awards competition today recognized the collaboration between Ayogo and Genentech with a Silver Award for two health-games that illustrate immunotherapy. The award winning health games include T-Cells Attack and Lymph Node Labyrinth. Each relates to the science behind the Cancer-Immunity Cycle. To help educate about the science underlying cancer immunotherapy, and to highlight Genentech’s thought

The Life Science Innovation Northwest (LSINW16) conference made clear that Seattle now vies with Boston, Raleigh-Durham and San Francisco-Oakland for the top US cities for Life Science innovation. It’s clear that Seattle leader in life sciences is made possible by an incredible culture of strategic, industry-research partnerships backed by big dollar investment. Seattle’s Heavy Hitters in Life Science Innovation The Bill and Melinda

Monster Manor – Sanofi, Diabetes UK Partnering with Ayogo and Diabetes UK we made an iPhone/android gamification application (“Monster Manor”) available to children with Type 1 Diabetes to incentivise them, through play, to test and record their blood glucose levels on a more regular basis. Research has demonstrated that just 1 extra test per day could lead to an improvement

Top 25 Exporter for the 2012 BC Export Awards Digital Media & Entertainment category. The BC Export Awards are the province’s most prestigious awards paying tribute to the success and innovative approaches of BC export companies.  to both the provincial and national economy.

MetaBridge Top 15 Startups in Canada Bringing together Canada’s top 15 startups with the brightest minds from global technology centres.

MM&M Awards 2011 Silver MM&M award Healthseeker: Simple Steps, Healthier Together / Chamberlain Healthcare Public Relations and Boehringer Ingelheim. Silver MM&M Award

Clio Healthcare Silver Health CLIO The CLIO Healthcare Awards is an extension of The CLIO Awards, one of the world’s most recognized awards competitions for advertising, design and communications, which celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2009. Silver Health CLIO

Platinum PR Awards 2011 Honourable mention: 2011 Social Media Campaign HealthSeeker, a Facebook game that combines the supportive social networking environment with mission-based gameplay, has around 7,300 players and has garnered over 78 original news stories and 275 million media impressions. Platinum PR Awards

After our recent launch of Monster Manor in the UK, CTV has featured Ayogo in their article about apps helping children take control of their health. Monster Manor is a free game that helps young patients with Type 1 diabetes remember to check their glucose levels and keeps parents up to date on their progress. [buttonp]Read the article on CTV’s

The problem of engaging communities of people is complex,” said Bocska, who has a background in video game design. “Just slapping badges and points on to an experience isn’t going to magically resuscitate a disengaged online community.” But done right, games can engage consumers, games earn loyalty and improve experiences. They can also change behaviour. Ayogo’s Monster Manor app, for

MM&M delves into the world of gamification for pharma and how it can help support patients in taking their medications. In the following article, Ayogo CEO Michael Fergusson discusses adherence and the psychology of motivation and how it can be leveraged through games and gamification to improve health. “There’s this sense within the health field that if something is important, it has to be

Dominick Tyer writes in the Digital Intelligence blog: Merck & Co is working on a new mobile app for type 2 diabetes patients to help them keep taking their medicines as prescribed. The pharma company is collaborating on the Type 2 Travelers Project with behavioural change gaming firm Ayogo and the game was showcased at the mHealth Summit held near

Stephanie Baum writes in MedCity News: Merck (NYSE: MRK) is turning to gamification in a collaboration with Canadian gaming developer Ayogo in a bid to support adherence. It was one of a group of companies demonstrating their games in the Games for Health Pavillion at the mHealth Summit this week near Washington, D.C. “Our goal is to help diabetics get

Excerpt from Ayogo’s CEO Michael Fergusson’s interview with Eric Wicklund at the mHealth Summits: MF: Because it’s a fundamental aspect of human psychology to play, video games are taking advantage of what we are interested in. That’s why games work.  To keep you engaged in the game they try to mimic this effect that comes from real life – that you need

Above Image: (L–R) Mavis Dixon, Shauna Gammon, Darryl Pogue (behind), Ellena Lawrence, Ricard Adrianza, Ian Suda Missing: Fay-Lisa Jensen, David Thomas Ayogo Shares Award with Merck The insomnia support application Sleep Guru was created by Ayogo as a companion support to Merck’s Belsomra medication. Sleep Guru won bronze for Best Mobile App at the DTC National Advertising Awards in Boston. “Sleep Guru is

The following opinion on BC Healthcare Innovation written by Paul Prescod appeared in the Vancouver Sun. The Data Effect: Start-ups pulling B.C. health care in new directions Excerpt: B.C.’s mobile health (mHealth) innovators are diverse and lean, like race-hardened Huskies. Hungry and competitive, start-ups are being asked to the table because we know how to speed up technology development. Many of

  Improving seniors’ home care with wireless technology VICTORIA, BC.  An innovative clinical trial of aging in place technology led by the University of Victoria’s Centre on Aging—in collaboration with key partners Island Health, Cerner Corporation and Ayogo—will soon allow nurses and doctors to better monitor the health of Victoria-area seniors with complex care who wish to stay in their

After much anticipation for its novel approach to supporting weight loss, Picture It! Weight Loss is now available through the iTunes and Google Play app stores. From the app store description, here’s what you can expect to see in Picture It! Weight Loss: Picture It! is a weight loss app exclusively for Kaiser Permanente members and community enrolled in the Healthy Balance and/or Options

The Mobile World Congress is the world’s largest gathering for the mobile industry, with a record-breaking 94,000 attendees from 200 countries in 2015. With the event only a few weeks ago, it is expected to set the tone for mobile trends in 2016. However, we have already begun to see reports and publications released with these predictions. DMI (Digital Management

Every year the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada raises awareness of heart health by designating the month of February as Heart and Stroke Month, with an educational campaign on Twitter tagged #HeartMonth. Last February in Canada, the Heart and Stroke Foundation went door-to-door to more than one and a half million homes and raised almost $10 Million. If a canvasser comes to your