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iTriage

Another consumer app, iTriage (itriagehealth.com), details symptoms and diseases for both the iPhone and Android phones. It also features a doctor and medical treatment locator, which can tap into the phone’s automatic GPS system.

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BenefitsSync

BenefitsSync (benefitsync.com) is a new app created by broker Tom Daly as an iPhone replacement for health ID cards. This app frees up space in your employee’s wallet by electronically holding their health, dental, even auto insurance ID cards in their phone. It also categorizes cards for family members, all in one place.

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Mint.com

Mint.com is the best consumer money management site, according to technology communication experts. However, a close runner-up is LearnVest.com, which offers great financial planning resources that are social media focused, integrated into Facebook and target young women. Additionally, there are some great examples of gaming in financial planning, such as Celebrity Calamity, which educates consumers about over-spending.

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HealthPrize

HealthPrize (healthprize.com) is a prescription drug compliance program built on game theory. In the program, users get points for filling their prescriptions, accessing information on the website or mobile interface regarding their condition or medications, taking medications daily and taking quizzes and answering survey questions. Once they have completed these activities (or not) they learn how many points they gained (or lost).

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TIAA-CREF

TIAA-CREF (tiaa-cref.org) offers a financial, college savings planner app that is also a savings simplifier with basic financial information. Employers can roll out the iPhone app to an employee population by integrating it in a communication campaign.


The mobile app shows them what their habits are worth — for example, how much a latte every day costs over a year and comparing that number to what they could be saving.

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StickK

StickK (stickk.com), built for consumers and employers, is a betting site that punishes individuals if they don’t participate or meet weekly goals. The corporate version involves bonuses or prizes for making goals. The program works by “taking a goal and turning it into a commitment contract,” explains Sam Espinosa, a customer service agent for StickK.

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Limeade

Limeade (limeade.com), for both the iPhone and Android, tracks daily wellness goals, allows one to compete with friends, and incorporates a company goal. It’s a carrot wellness app for employers. Henry Albrecht, CEO, Limeade explains that “all this technology is a way to make social interactions easier and to make peer support more positive and engaging. Anything that brings people together to work on something that the company also cares about is all positive.”


Watch a video interview with Albrecht, in which he details must-have components for successful wellness assessments, here.

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