Survey Announcement

Culture Survey –Live Link Distribution Text E-mail from Facility Leadership

Document: Culture Survey – Live Link Distribution E-mail Text from Facility Leadership

Purpose: Facility Command Leadership to send a facility-wide email supporting the survey’s objectives and inviting all to participate. Survey research shows response rates improve when leadership supports a survey and invites participation in it.

Timing for release: The survey launch date – scheduled for [launch date and time] Eastern Standard Time.

TO: ALL [MTF NAME] STAFF

SUBJECT: 2018 TRI-SERVICE SURVEY ON PATIENT SAFETY

FROM: [NAME], COMMANDER

Last week, I sent you notice that our facility is participating in the Department of Defense (DOD) 2018 Tri-Service Survey on Patient Safety, a web survey that asks for your opinions about patient safety matters in our facility. The survey is anonymous and individual responses will not be tracked. Additional survey information is included below.

Your perspective is a vital component to understanding patient safety within the MHS and at this facility, and I ask for your support in this effort. Please carve out 10 minutes at your earliest convenience to share your feedback.

To take the web survey, you must use a computer with internet access. If your work area computer does not have internet access, you may use computers located at: [INDICATE LOCATION].

Please open the hyperlink below in your internet browser. You will be asked to select our facility name from a series of drop-down menus. Please select the following from these menus to accurately identify our facility:

Region: [list region here]

Parent facility: [list parent facility here]

Facility name: [list specific child facility here—or a list of all child facilities for the respective parent]

Click below to begin the survey: [insert link]

Thanks for all you do to make this a great facility for our patients. My point of contact for this survey is our Patient Safety Manager, [NAME] at [PHONE NUMBER] and [EMAIL ADDRESS].

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