HYGEIA utilizes a range of methodologies to address our clients' questions. Our goal is to optimize the application of findings in the real world. HYGEIA frequently combines multiple information sources to achieve superior business and policy impact.
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Team Facilitation
HYGEIA supports key client contacts by serving as an external leader to internal multi-disciplinary teams.HYGEIA supports key client contacts by serving as an external leader to internal multi-disciplinary teams. Our ability to maintain focus and stay aligned with objectives while eliciting creative ideas from a team benefits the organization. We are often called upon to co-facilitate team workshops. On large, strategic initiatives spanning several months, HYGEIA serves to maintain the overall vision and guide the integration of different processes for optimal output.Read More
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Integrative Analytic Synthesis
A unique feature of HYGEIA is that we tailor our information gathering approach to the needs of our client.A unique feature of HYGEIA is that we tailor our information gathering approach to the needs of our client. The benefit for our clients is the assurance that we are listening carefully to your ultimate objective and we are designing a plan that will best achieve your goals. Whether it is a single information gathering element or several elements, our analytic process is one that synthesizes for optimal insight.Read More
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Environmental Scan
Information exists all around us. Whether it resides in a publically-available domain, such as the internet, or in the files of a client.Information exists all around us. Whether it resides in a publically-available domain, such as the internet, or in the files of a client, HYGEIA is an organization that takes on sorting through the information, identifying critical "nuggets" and revealing the story within. We detect patterns where others do not see them, and we make connections where others pass over them.Read More
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Qualitative Interviews
HYGEIA excels at qualitative interviews. Our clients recognize us for our willingness to pursue difficult-to-reach healthcare stakeholders...HYGEIA excels at qualitative interviews. Our clients recognize us for our willingness to pursue difficult-to-reach healthcare stakeholders, as well as executives, thought leaders, physicians, payers, policy influencers, patients and caregivers. Our in-depth interviews and mini-focus groups uncover deep insights and communicate them in a way that clients can easily transition to making decisions and taking action.Read More
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System Simulations
HYGEIA has long been a proponent of systems thinking to help frame and understand the interventions or policies culminating in the most impact.HYGEIA has long been a proponent of systems thinking to help frame and understand the interventions or policies culminating in the most impact. We believe that articulating the structure of a system and populating it with the appropriate information helps to organize a team's thinking, integrate understanding of behavior within the system and ultimately to uncover leverage in that system. Simulation of the system guides a team to a common vision and prioritization of action steps. We achieve this through the implementation of our Strategic Forum process.Read More
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Literature Review
When needed, HYGEIA undertakes thorough reviews of the peer-reviewed medical and health behavior literature.When needed, HYGEIA undertakes thorough reviews of the peer-reviewed medical and health behavior literature. This aspect of our approach is often used to assess population-based studies and for describing diagnostic and treatment patterns. This resource provides the integrity necessary for client confidence in the grounding of our knowledge base, often prior to another research step being undertaken.Read More
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Epidemiological Projections
We believe that rigorous epidemiological estimates and projections serve as a critical foundation for understanding the unmet needs of a patient population.We believe that rigorous epidemiological estimates and projections serve as a critical foundation for understanding the unmet needs of a patient population. Whether this is for the forecast of a new product or the determination of the need for a communication campaign, accurately estimating the population of interest is key.Read More
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Population-level Databases
HYGEIA utilizes national healthcare survey results, as well as medical, pharmacy and psychographic database findings when we believe that these resources are the most robust for describing healthcare stakeholder decision making and behavior.HYGEIA utilizes national healthcare survey results, as well as medical, pharmacy and psychographic database findings when we believe that these resources are the most robust for describing healthcare stakeholder decision making and behavior. We most commonly incorporate this information for health care utilization patterns, but we have also used these resources for identifying customer segments. We firmly believe that these databases are a precursor to the analysis of the standardized information to be contained in electronic health records of the future.Read More
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Quantitative Surveys
When we think it is important to quantify attitudes and perceptions of a customer base, we will design a questionnaire and conduct a structured survey.When we think it is important to quantify attitudes and perceptions of a customer base, we will design a questionnaire and conduct a structured survey. We find these to be of most use in support of business development negotiations and customer satisfaction determination.Read More
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Forecasting
In our early commercial assessment offering, HYGEIA provides clients with a skilled appraisal of the value of an asset through the development of a well-informed, reality-based forecast.In our early commercial assessment offering, HYGEIA provides clients with a skilled appraisal of the value of an asset through the development of a well-informed, reality-based forecast. We are experienced with a range of forecasting tools and have worked in many therapeutic areas and markets. We bring the necessary market information components together to determine an asset's range of value scenarios.Read More



