Att G Follow-up Reminder Email

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Attachment G. Follow-Up Reminder Email from the Urban Institute: MAXIMIZING THE PROMISE OF HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF INTEROPERABILITY: VALUE-BASED CARE

Subject: Reminder: Request to Participate in ASPE & ONC Study on Data Integration

Dear [health care administrator/practitioner/other professional]:

This is a reminder that we have requested your participation in an upcoming study that seeks to advance knowledge of barriers and facilitators for interoperability by examining issues that are affecting providers’ integration of data from external sources to support the delivery of value-based care. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) contracted with the Urban Institute to conduct the qualitative data collection by performing semi-structured interviews with local health care administrators and practitioners.

You identified as someone that can provide information the [insert name of the site]’s work to integrate data from outside sources to support value-based care. We are writing to ask for your participation in the study, which would involve participating in a telephone interview. We estimate that the interview will last 60 minutes. We would like to record interviews for transcription purposes, but all identifying information will be removed from transcripts. All responses will be kept confidential; the names of study participants will not be shared as part of the results.

Participation in the study is voluntary. If you agree to participate, please contact [site-specific study contact] at [202-261-XXXX/phone] or [name@urban.org/email] by [response date]. We are happy to answer any questions about the study and will coordinate with you to schedule the interview at a convenient time between [specify time frame between May and July 2020].

Thank you in advance for participating in this important research.

Sincerely,

Christal Ramos, senior research associate and study lead

The Urban Institute

500 L’Enfant Plaza SW

Washington, DC 20024

cramos@urban.org

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