About the Authors

Susan L. Norris

norriss@ohsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Haley K. Holmer

Affiliation Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Lauren A. Ogden

Affiliation Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Shelley S. Selph

Affiliation Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Rongwei Fu

Affiliations Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Competing Interests

This project was supported by grant number 1R01HS018500 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. SLN has received funding from the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to study conflict of interest in clinical practice guideline development. HKH, LAO and RF received salary support from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality under grant number 1R01HS018500, to study conflict of interest in clinical practice guideline development. The authors have no other conflicts of interest to declare. 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: SLN HKH RF. Performed the experiments: SLN HKH LAO SS RF. Analyzed the data: SLN HKH LAO SS RF. Wrote the paper: SLN HKH LAO SS RF.