About the Authors

Sachin J. Shah

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Harlan M. Krumholz

Affiliations Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Section of Health Policy and Administration, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Kimberly J. Reid

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Mid America Heart Institute of St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Saif S. Rathore

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Aditya Mandawat

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

John A. Spertus

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Mid America Heart Institute of St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Cardiology, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Joseph S. Ross

joseph.ross@yale.edu

Affiliations Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following potential conflicts of interest to disclose. Dr. Spertus reported that he had a research grant from Cardiovascular Therapeutics Inc. to support PREMIER and both Drs. Krumholz and Spertus were consultants for that company at the time the PREMIER study was on-going. Drs. Krumholz and Ross currently receive grant support from Medtronic, Inc. for work unrelated to the PREMIER study. Dr. Krumholz reports that he chairs a scientific advisory board for UnitedHealthcare. Dr. Spertus reports that he owns the copyright to the Seattle Angina Questionnaire and is a member of a scientific advisory board for UnitedHealthcare. Dr. Ross is a member of a scientific advisory board for FAIR Health, Inc. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJS HMK JSR. Analyzed the data: KJR. Wrote the paper: SJS JSR. Acquisition of data: HMK JAS. Study supervision: HMK JSR. Participated in the analysis and interpretation of data and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: SJS HMK KJR SSR AM JAS JSR.