A Balancing Act: How to Mitigate Overregulation in Healthcare Playfully

Dear readers of Simulation and Gaming, In order to meet the challenges in healthcare to date, we do need to innovate.This won't get more people in the healthcare domain, while the demand for care is rising, and costs for doing so burden our societies.In this rapidly evolving scenario, the imperative to innovate is all too often rather stifled by stringent regulations and governance structures.This balancing act really has two sides.While governance, rules, and frameworks aim to ensure patient safety and standardize care, they often inadvertently suppress creativity, hindering the development of novel solutions to contemporary health challenges.As your editors, we aim to take you on a journey to review some of the effects.