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ArticleJournal of medical Internet research2025

A Hierarchical Framework for Selecting Reference Measures for the Analytical Validation of Sensor-Based Digital Health Technologies.

Jessie P Bakker, Samantha J McClenahan, Piper Fromy, Simon Turner, Barry T Peterson, Benjamin Vandendriessche, Jennifer C Goldsack

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Article in Journal of medical Internet research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors.

Jessie P BakkerDigital Medicine Society, Boston, MA, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2976-4747
Samantha J McClenahanDigital Medicine Society, Boston, MA, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1792-9700
Piper FromyDigital Medicine Society, Boston, MA, United States.ORCID 0009-0007-7751-7226
Simon TurnerDigital Medicine Society, Boston, MA, United States.ORCID 0009-0002-3801-1875
Barry T PetersonDigital Medicine Society, Boston, MA, United States.ORCID 0009-0007-4735-0568
Benjamin VandendriesscheDigital Medicine Society, Boston, MA, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0672-0327
Jennifer C GoldsackDigital Medicine Society, Boston, MA, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0461-0183

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sensor-based digital health technologies (sDHTs) are increasingly used to support scientific and clinical decision-making. The digital clinical measures they generate offer enormous benefits, including providing more patient-relevant data, improving patient access, reducing costs, and driving inclusion across health care ecosystems. Scientific best practices and regulatory guidance now provide clear direction to investigators seeking to evaluate sDHTs for use in different contexts. However, the quality of the evidence reported for analytical validation of sDHTs-evaluation of algorithms converting sample-level sensor data into a measure that is clinically interpretable-is inconsistent and too often insufficient to support a particular digital measure as fit-for-purpose. We propose a hierarchical framework to address challenges related to selecting the most appropriate reference measure for conducting analytical validation and codify best practices and an approach that will help capture the greatest value of sDHTs for public health, patient care, and medical product development.

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Biomedical TechnologyTelemedicineAlgorithmsDigital HealthHumansanalytical validationdigital health technologiesdigital medicinefit-for-purpose digital clinical measuresreference measures

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PMID39918870
PMCPMC11845878

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