Digital measures offer new insights into human health but require complex, multi-stakeholder development. Are they worth the effort? Can they deliver meaningful health impacts?

This article summarizes the discussion and outlines the different stages in the development of a digital measure, detailing specific activities along the journey toward the finish line and ultimately, to meaningful impact for patients.

This paper proposes a solution by presenting a novel modular evidence framework -the Digital Evidence Ecosystem and Protocols (DEEP)- enabling repurposing of measurement solutions, re-use of evidence, application of standards and also facilitates collaboration with health technology assessment bodies.

Like two other major advancements in the past 200 years, the stethoscope and X-ray imaging, digital health technologies (DHTs) are giving “a whole new perspective” on human health, according to Kai Langel, CEO of DEEP Measures. Earlier innovations enabled doctors to hear and see inside the human body, and the addition of digital measures of health offer a view into people’s everyday lives when they’re outside the clinic setting.