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Interviews, June 18 2015

1) Stacey, Subject Matter Expert
  • Project Manager at SRA, Project Manager FDA VAERS contract
2) Lindsey, Subject Matter Expert,
  • Executive Strategy Director at frog, Lead in Healthcare
3) Kristin, 32-year old female
  • Ankle injury and skin condition
4) Christian, 35-year old male
  • Inner ear injury perhaps due to war injury. Nurse in the VA hospital.
5) Meredith, 38-year old female
  • Attending physician at Children's hospital PICU
6) Jane, 45-year-old female
  • Husband has cancer and is in chemo
7) Charlotte, 50-year-old female
  • Mother had ALS condition
8) Sandy, 45-year-old female
  • Supporting both her parents and her kids on medical issues.
9) Thea, 36-year-old female
  • Mother of two, Chronic migraine sufferer
10) Michelle, 25-year-old female
  • Chronic nerve pain and numbness requires daily medication.
11) Rachel, 30-year-old female
  • Takes multiple daily medications for thyroid and mood stabilization

Interview Questions

  • What are some unsolved problems around making potential side effects, recalls, or undesirable experience associated with the use of medical devices, drugs, or food?
  • Do you have any concerns around this topic?
  • Where do you typically go to find this information?
  • What information are they searching for?
  • How are you preparing to talk with their physicians about these things?
  • Did you read about or research any drugs that you have been prescribed in the past year?
  • Have you used government-related resources for food and drug information?
  • What were some of your primary concerns and questions about the drugs you were prescribed?
  • Have you ever had an adverse side effect or reaction related to a medication? What did you do?

Raw Interview Notes File PDF: Discovery_Interviews_Synthesized