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Some doctors are happy to provide their email address to patients and patient families if you call their office and ask for it.
Here is a sample message that you can cut and paste to your email software. Be sure to replace all underlined text with the correct information for your own situation!
Dear Dr. <name>,
My child <name> is a patient in your care that has Crohn’s Disease <or> ulcerative colitis.
I have recently learned of an alliance called Improve Care Now that is helping children like mine to feel better, and to get their disease into remission and keep it there. Even though I recognize the excellent care my child is already receiving from you and your organization, other doctors in this alliance are reporting that they are able to achieve even greater results through the alliance than they can achieve on their own.
Improve Care Now provides tools and data that help care providers to better track and manage care for their patients with Crohn’s and colitis, and also helps doctors to use and share information obtained from many thousands of patient visits. The alliance is recommended by the American Board of Pediatrics, is based in sound science, and is already being utilized by quite a few nationally recognized hospitals. While the alliance is still young, it has already demonstrated substantial improvement in patient care and health, with many patients now in remission from their disease.
This is of critical importance to me because <replace this underlined text with a couple of brief details about your own family situation and why it is critical to you that your doctor considers joining this alliance>.
I strongly urge you to visit www.improvecarenow.org to learn more about this alliance. The web site will also allow you to request a presentation from the alliance during which you may ask any questions you may have. If you would be so kind, I would also appreciate a reply to this email to let me know if this alliance is of interest to you.
Thank you very much for your consideration.
Sincerely,
<your name>
<your email address>
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In addition to your doctor, there may be other people in your doctor’s organization that you can email that might be helpful. Please check your medical care facility’s web site for the following people and also send your email to them if you can:
- Chief Quality Officer, Quality Improvement Director or similar titles
- Head of Pediatric Care
- Head of Gastroenterology
- Research Coordinators for pediatric and gastroenterology practices
