About the Authors

Daniel B. Hoch

dhoch@partners.org

Affiliations The Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Alice J. Watson

Affiliation Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Deborah A. Linton

Affiliation Health 2.0, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Heather E. Bello

Affiliation Harvard School of Public Health, Massachusetts, United States of America

Marco Senelly

Affiliation OneVision Solutions Inc., Austin, Texas, United States of America

Mariola T. Milik

Affiliation The Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Margaret A. Baim

Affiliations The Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kamal Jethwani

Affiliations Center for Connected Health, Partners Healthcare, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gregory L. Fricchione

Affiliations The Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Herbert Benson

Affiliations The Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Joseph C. Kvedar

Affiliations Center for Connected Health, Partners Healthcare, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

DAL served as the administrative assistant for the Partners Information Services Research Council at the same time that she was an active member of the research team. 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: DBH AJW GLF H. Bello. Performed the experiments: DBH MAB MTM MS H. Bello DAL. Analyzed the data: DBH AJW MTM KJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MTM KJ. Wrote the paper: DBH. Helped edit the manuscript: JCK. Guided in the conception of the project and reviewed/edited the manuscript: H. Benson.