Identifying Quality Indicators Used by Patients to Choose Secondary Health Care Providers: A Mixed Methods Approach.

Dominic King Sameer Zaman Saman Sara Zaman Gurnaaz Kaur Kahlon Aditi Naik Amar Singh Jessel Niraj Nanavati Akash Shah Benita Cox Ara Darzi

Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2015)

A mixed methods approach is presented, which supported a patient-centered development and evaluation of a hospital ratings mobile app. Where possible, mHealth developers should use systematic research methods in order to more closely meet the needs of the end user and add credibility to their platform.

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