Posts in Healthcare
5 Tips for Capturing Rich Patient Feedback

The path to optimal design is intricately tied to the insights and feedback from its end-users - in this context, the patients. This blog delves into the criticality of patient-centred feedback in the design and production of medical devices, emphasising the role of asynchronous and in-the-moment qualitative research. Here, we provide five essential tips for capturing invaluable patient feedback during prototype testing, ensuring that the final product not only meets clinical requirements but also aligns with patient needs and preferences.

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Enhancing Healthcare Insights: Exploring New Avenues for Understanding Patient-Caregiver Dynamics

In today's healthcare landscape, patient and caregiver experiences hold valuable insights for enhancing the quality of care. While traditional research methods like focus groups and interviews have their merits, alternative approaches are emerging as powerful tools to capture real-time moments and perspectives. This blog post explores the significance of patient-caregiver dynamics in healthcare improvements and delves into innovative research methods such as Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) and Video Diaries.

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Tips for using a Diary Study for Patient Experience Research

At the intersection of patient-centred care and patient experience research sits a diverse array of research methodologies. Quantitative techniques and tools, such as, patient satisfaction surveys are often embedded in the fabric of understanding patient experiences - both within and outside of the hospital/clinic setting. Qualitative methodologies focus on a deeper dive into the lives of patients. Techniques, such as, one-to-one interviews or patient focus groups, tend to peel back the layer of quantitative data.

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The benefits of Journey Mapping tools for Patient Experience research

Our understanding of the patient journey had already become increasingly complex. Tele-health and digital health services have disrupted the traditional modes of patient flow. Patient journey mapping involves a set of tools and techniques that can can help our understnading of this non-linear process with positive patient experience outcomes

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