Evidence That Matters in Digital Health: A Look at NODE.Health’s Evidence Matters Awards Winners and Finalists By Staff 1 min ago NEW YORK, Apr. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — What does it take to generate evidence to demonstrate the validity of your digital medicine solution? NODE.Health’s Evidence Matters Awards 2020 competition highlighted different approaches to validating digital health solutions. Our winners and finalists were chosen based on the scientific rigor of their approach to evidence, likelihood to make an impact and originality of their solution. Based on their experiences, learn the steps that researchers can take to validate digital solutions. The winner of the 2020 Evidence Matters awards was Smileyscope, who created a gamified Virtual Reality (VR)-based solution to combat the fear of pediatric needles. To validate their solution, Smileyscope used a two-part approach. First, they conducted a rigorous systematic review and meta-analysis of existing VR-based alternatives to pain which helped them understand how to create a VR-based system and a pivotal study to validate their solution. Next, they performed two independent randomized controlled trials (RCTs) using two different study cohorts and locations while comparing VR to the tertiary standard of care rather than a placebo. Their results have been published in a top medical journal and won the Best Abstract Award for presenting their work to the American Academy of Pediatrics.