Attachment D - Advance letter

July 13, 2011

Jane Doe, MD

Community Health Associates

1234 Main Street – Suite 200
Middleville, OH 44444

Dear Dr. Doe:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with the assistance of Altarum Institute, is conducting some important research regarding the use of laboratory medicine in patient care. We are requesting your help to participate in a survey that will help us improve the utilization of laboratory medicine in primary care settings and promote better outcomes for patients.

In about one week you should receive an email from us that will contain an invitation to a web survey site. The survey is easy to complete using any browser and will only take about 14 minutes. All information shared will be completely confidential and used for research purposes only. To thank you for your time and participation, we will make a contribution of $10 in your name to your choice of one of several charitable organizations, as listed on the web survey site. If you prefer to take our survey before receiving our email invitation , please follow the link in the box below. You will be asked to enter a Survey Code.

You will receive your email invitation at: [email protected] (if this is not your current email address, please contact us)

To take the survey now, go to: survey.altarum.org/labmed Your Survey Code is JQ87

If you have questions or you need to correct your email address, you may contact either CDC or Altarum Institute directly. You may also contact us to request that your name be dropped from our survey list. Contacts and phone numbers are listed below. You may also visit www.altarum.org for more information about Altarum Institute. Please don’t hesitate to call or email us.

Cheryl Jeffery, Altarum at 734.302.4909 Julie Taylor, PhD, CDC at 404.498.2291

[email protected] [email protected]

Thanking you in advance for your participation in this study.

Sincerely,

May Chu, PhD Director Laboratory Science Policy & Practice Program Office, CDC	Deverly Howerton, PhD Director Division of Laboratory Science & Standards, CDC