Observing clinicians inside the hospital and OR to see real workflows and constraints.
Field observation takes place at the clinical site. Your researchers follow clinicians through real shifts and see how a device fits into the workflow around it.
We arrange site access through our hospital relationships, recruit the clinicians, and handle scheduling and consent. Your team plans and conducts the observation.
One-on-one sessions, virtual or in person.
An interview is the most direct way to learn how a clinician makes a decision and what they would work around. Interviews run in person in our facility or by video.
We recruit clinicians to your criteria and confirm them. Your team writes the guide and conducts the interview.
Moderated small group sessions.
A focus group puts a concept, a workflow, or a device in front of several clinicians at once and lets them react to it and to each other. Your team watches from the observation room while the session runs.
We recruit the group to the roles you specify and provide the facility. Your moderator runs the session.
Iterative sessions that surface use errors early, while the design can still change.
In a formative study, clinicians work through tasks on a prototype while your team watches for use errors. The findings go back into the design, and the next round tests the revision.
We recruit representative users for each round and provide the facility. Your team designs the tasks and moderates the sessions.
Protocol-driven validation with representative users, for your submission.
A summative study validates the final design with representative users under a fixed protocol, for your submission.
We recruit to your user groups and sample sizes and provide the facility. Your team executes the protocol and owns the documentation.
A standing clinician panel that advises your program over time.
An advisory board is a fixed group of clinicians who meet with your team on a schedule and review the program as it develops. The same people see the work over time, so their input builds on what they said before.
We assemble the board from our panel, keep it staffed, and schedule the meetings, in person or by video. Your team sets the agenda.
No. Your team designs and runs it. We recruit the clinicians, pay their honoraria, handle scheduling and consent, and provide the facility.
Practicing physicians and nurses in our panel. We recruit each study to the criteria you give us: specialty, care setting, and years in practice.
In-person sessions run in our Minneapolis facility. Interviews and advisory boards can run virtually. Field observation happens at the clinical site.
It depends on the clinicians, the number of sessions, and the days in the facility. Tell us about your study and we'll send a quote.
Describe what you're testing and the clinicians you need. We'll tell you what's realistic and reply within one business day.