About the Authors

Cheryl L. L. Carling

cheryl.carling@kunnskapssenteret.no

Affiliation Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway

Doris Tove Kristoffersen

Affiliation Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway

Signe Flottorp

Affiliation Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway

Atle Fretheim

Affiliation Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway

Andrew D. Oxman

Affiliation Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway

Holger J. Schünemann

Affiliation Clinical Research and INFORMAtion Translation Unit, and Department of Epidemiology, Italian National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Rome, Italy

Elie A. Akl

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Jeph Herrin

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Thomas D. MacKenzie

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Denver Health and Hospital Authority and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Victor M. Montori

Affiliation Knowledge and Encounter Research Unit, Division of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: CLC DTK SF AF ADO HJS EAA JH TDM VMM. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: CLC DTK SF AF ADO HJS EAA JH TDM VMM. Designed the experiments/the study: CLC DTK AF ADO EAA JH TDM VMM. Analyzed the data: CLC DTK. Collected data/did experiments for the study: CLC SF. Enrolled patients: SF. Wrote the first draft of the paper: CLC DTK. Contributed to the writing of the paper: CLC DTK SF AF ADO HJS EAA JH TDM VMM. Participated in the conduct of the trial: SF.