According to a blog on the Healthcare Design website, focus groups, interviews and ethnographic studies can help clarify community needs
When assessing a community's healthcare needs, a provider should go beyond the demographic data, according to a blog on the Healthcare Design website. Focus groups, interviews, ethnographic studies, shadowing, adaptive analytics and precedent studies can help clarify the picture, the article said.
October 17, 2014
Topic Area: Maintenance and Operations
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