Qualitative Health Research Consultants, LLC

Name

Qualitative Health Research Consultants, LLC

Legal name

Qualitative Health Research Consultants, LLC

Website

https://qhrconsultants.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Global Health Research, Evidence & Technical Assistance Organizations (HLAJAKAN)

Keywords

• Qualitative health research
• Mixed methods research
• Clinical research consulting
• Health services research
• Qualitative data analysis

Headquarters

HQ city

Madison

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Professional Research Services: Consulting fees for qualitative research services including grant writing, research design, data collection, data analysis, and writing support. Services delivered through NIH/NSF subawards, purchase orders, government contracts, departmental retainers, and lab credit cards.
2. Research Training Services: Training services for interview techniques, NVivo software, HIPAA compliance, and qualitative data analysis. Delivered via remote Zoom sessions or in-person training.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

QHRC is a full-service qualitative health research consulting firm providing research design, qualitative data collection (semi-structured interviews, focus groups, stakeholder engagement), data analysis, writing support, and training services to academic, clinical, government, and healthcare research clients. Engagements are scoped per project, can be entered at any phase, and are delivered in English and Spanish through arrangements including NIH/NSF subawards, purchase orders, government contracts, and departmental retainers.

Product overview

Qualitative Health Research Consultants, LLC is a full-service qualitative health research firm founded in 2014, providing research assistance and training in all aspects of qualitative health-related inquiry. The company's offerings are organized as a unified portfolio of service modules that can be engaged at any phase of a research project: Research Design (including grant writing and IRB assistance), Data Collection (interviews, focus groups, stakeholder engagement in English and Spanish), Data Analysis (coding, QDA software training, analysis oversight), Writing Support, and specialized Training programs (interviewer training, NVivo training, data security training). Services can be engaged individually or in combination, working with the client's team, for the client's team, or to train the client's team.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

API detail

Has API

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• HSAG (Health Services Advisory Group)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQHRC partnered with HSAG on the 2021 Impact Assessment of CMS Quality and Efficiency Measures. QHRC conducted in-depth interviews with Medicare beneficiaries and Home Health Agency quality leaders for this comprehensive federal assessment.
• RAND CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRAND Corporation partnered with HSAG on the CMS Impact Assessment. QHRC served as a research partner within this multi-organizational team conducting qualitative research components.
• Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPCORI funds the PRO-ACTIVE pragmatic clinical trial for head and neck cancer patients. QHRC designed the stakeholder engagement model, convenes stakeholders, and represents stakeholder engagement on the trial executive committee.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Research Triangle Institute (RTI International): RTI International is a large nonprofit research institute with extensive federal health research practice, including qualitative and mixed-methods work for NIH, CMS, and CDC. It competes for the same set of federal qualitative health contracts as QHRC at much greater scale and capacity.
• Westat: Westat is a large employee-owned research consulting firm with significant federal health research and qualitative methods practice. It competes for the same NIH, CMS, and AHRQ contracts that QHRC accesses via subaward, and represents a scaled competitor with broader methodological and staffing capacity.
• Abt Associates: Abt Associates is a large research and consulting firm with deep federal health services, implementation science, and qualitative methods practice. It is a scaled competitor for CMS, NIH, and AHRQ qualitative health research contracts and frequently serves as prime contractor on engagements QHRC accesses as subcontractor.
• RAND Corporation: RAND is a large, established nonprofit research organization with deep expertise in health services research, policy analysis, and qualitative methods. QHRC has actually partnered with RAND on the CMS Impact Assessment, indicating direct methodological and client overlap in federal health research.
• American Institutes for Research (AIR): AIR is a large nonprofit behavioral and social science research organization with significant health services, education, and workforce research practice. It competes for the same federal qualitative and mixed-methods health contracts and represents a scaled incumbent with deep methodological bench strength.
• Battelle Memorial Institute: Battelle is a large nonprofit applied science and research organization operating the Health and Analytics Research Practice. It conducts federal health services research including qualitative evaluations for CMS and NIH, representing a scaled incumbent in the same client/procurement ecosystem as QHRC.
• Mathematica Policy Research: Mathematica is a major social policy research and consulting firm with significant health services, Medicaid, and Medicare research practice. It competes for the same federal qualitative and mixed-methods health contracts that QHRC's clients (CMS, NIH) award, and operates at a much larger staffing scale.
• NORC at the University of Chicago: NORC is a major independent research institution affiliated with the University of Chicago conducting qualitative and quantitative health services, policy, and clinical research. It competes for federal qualitative health contracts and has the staffing scale to serve as prime on engagements QHRC can only access via subcontract.

Direct peers

• Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG): HSAG is a CMS Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) contractor that conducts large-scale qualitative and quantitative evaluations of Medicare quality programs. QHRC partnered with HSAG on the 2021 CMS Impact Assessment, serving as the qualitative research subcontractor — making it the closest direct peer in federal health services qualitative work.

Peers

• Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Contractors:

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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