Health Care Services Research
We provide a full range of research services for studying issues involving health care needs, policies, service delivery and outcomes. We can also provide research assistance and/or training.
HealthcareData Company has been involved with numerous long-term, government-funded projects, as well as a variety of short-term projects for groups such as professional associations, health care providers, patient advocacy groups and managed care organizations.
Our comprehensive research consulting services include:
- Research question definition - helping your organization determine what it really needs to know.
- Study design - developing a research plan that will produce valid, reliable answers.
- Sampling - determining sample size, criteria for inclusion and sampling methodology.
- Survey/data collection instrument design - developing surveys, medical record abstraction tools or other forms to collect the required data.
- Data collection - identifying and acquiring existing databases or, more commonly, developing data "from scratch" using a variety of collection methods including: medical record reviews, surveys, focus groups, interviews, data tracking sheets, review of legislation and internet research.
- Report preparation - creating clear, comprehensive reports that tell you:
- What we studied.
- What we did - a description of the research process.
- What we found - the results of our analysis.
- Why it matters - an interpretation of our findings.
- What's next - suggestions about what your organization should consider in response to the findings.
- Planning activities - organizing meetings, task force leadership and other activities to help you assess our recommendations and select your course of action.
- Follow-up studies - tracking the results of changes implemented in response to recommendations.
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