About the Authors

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

Brittany U. Burda

Affiliation Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Susan L. Norris

norriss@ohsu.edu

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

Competing Interests

S.L. Norris has received funding from the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (grant number 1R01HS018500) to study conflict of interest in clinical practice guideline development. H.K. Holmer, L.A. Ogden and B.U. Burda received salary support from this same grant to study conflict of interest in clinical practice guideline development. S.L. Norris has received funding from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and from the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for development of guidelines related to diabetes. B.U. Burda currently receives salary support from the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for work on the US Preventive Services Task Force guidelines. The authors have no other competing interests to declare.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HKH LAO BUB SLN. Performed the experiments: HKH LAO BUB SLN. Analyzed the data: HKH SLN. Wrote the paper: HKH LAO BUB SLN.