The research article “Digital Pain Drawings: Assessing Touch-Screen Technology and 3D Body Schemas” (Boudreau et al., 2016) marked a pivotal turning point. Conducted at Aalborg University, Denmark, it was among the first studies to formally test whether pain drawings could be digitized without losing accuracy, reliability, or clinical meaning. The study anticipated several major shifts that now define modern digital health such as patient-generated data, visual analytics and