About the Authors

Nilay D. Shah

shah.nilay@mayo.edu

Affiliations Division of Health Care Policy and Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America, Knowledge and Encounter Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Jennifer Mason

Affiliation Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Murat Kurt

Affiliation Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Brian T. Denton

Affiliations Division of Health Care Policy and Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Andrew J. Schaefer

Affiliation Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Victor M. Montori

Affiliations Division of Health Care Policy and Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America, Knowledge and Encounter Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America, Division of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Steven A. Smith

Affiliations Division of Health Care Policy and Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America, Knowledge and Encounter Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America, Division of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NDS BTD SAS. Performed the experiments: MK JM. Analyzed the data: NDS BTD MK JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BTD AJS. Wrote the paper: NDS BTD AJS VMM SAS.