About the Authors

Kathrin M. Cresswell

kathrin.beyer@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation The School of Health in Social Science, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Ann Slee

Affiliation eHealth Research Group, Centre for Population Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Jamie Coleman

Affiliation School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, United Kingdom

Robin Williams

Affiliation Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

David W. Bates

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Aziz Sheikh

Affiliations eHealth Research Group, Centre for Population Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KC A.Slee JC RW DB A.Sheikh. Performed the experiments: KC A.Slee JC. Analyzed the data: KC A.Sheikh. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KC A.Sheikh. Wrote the paper: KC A.Slee JC RW DB A.Sheikh.