Click Health
In 1997, Miller co-founded Click Health, a pioneering publisher of health education games for children with asthma and diabetes. The games were made available for Nintendo consoles and IBM PCs. Miller served as Chairman and CEO. Clinical trials of the company's games demonstrated significant effectiveness. In a clinical trial with pediatric diabetes patients at Stanford University Medical Center and Kaiser Permanente, children who played the company's diabetes game, Packy and Marlon, experienced a 77% reduction in urgent care visits over six months, compared to children in the control group who were given a standard video game to play. The company's anti-smoking games, Rex Ronan: Experimental Surgeon, is an interactive exhibit in the Health Oddysey Museum at the Centers for Disease Control headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia played by thousands of children each year as they tour the museum.
Unable to find significant interest in distribution of the effective games through health care providers, insurers, and government agencies, Click Health closed its doors in August 2001.
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