About the Authors
- Shiying Hao
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¶These authors are joint first authors on this work.
Affiliations HBI Solutions Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Bo Jin
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¶These authors are joint first authors on this work.
Affiliation HBI Solutions Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States of America
- Andrew Young Shin
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¶These authors are joint first authors on this work.
Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Yifan Zhao
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¶These authors are joint first authors on this work.
Affiliation HBI Solutions Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States of America
- Chunqing Zhu
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Affiliation HBI Solutions Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States of America
- Zhen Li
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Zhongkai Hu
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Affiliation HBI Solutions Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States of America
- Changlin Fu
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Affiliation HBI Solutions Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States of America
- Jun Ji
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Affiliation HBI Solutions Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States of America
- Yong Wang
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Affiliations Department of Statistics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Yingzhen Zhao
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Dorothy Dai
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Affiliation HBI Solutions Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States of America
- Devore S. Culver
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Affiliation HealthInfoNet, Portland, Maine, United States of America
- Shaun T. Alfreds
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Affiliation HealthInfoNet, Portland, Maine, United States of America
- Todd Rogow
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Affiliation HealthInfoNet, Portland, Maine, United States of America
- Frank Stearns
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Affiliation HBI Solutions Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States of America
- Karl G. Sylvester
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¶‡ These authors are joint last authors on this work.
Affiliation Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Eric Widen
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¶‡ These authors are joint last authors on this work.
Affiliation HBI Solutions Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States of America
- Xuefeng B. Ling
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* E-mail: bxling@stanford.edu
¶‡ These authors are joint last authors on this work.
Affiliation Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
KGS, EW, and XBL are co-founders and equity holders of HBI Solutions, Inc., which is currently developing predictive analytics solutions in healthcare. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests. From Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, AYS, YW, YZ, KGS, and XBL conducted this research as part of a personal outside consulting arrangement with HBI Solutions, Inc. The research and research results are not, in any way, associated with Stanford University. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BJ XBL ZH DSC STA TR KGS EW. Analyzed the data: SH ZH Yifan Zhao CZ BJ AYS XBL KGS EW. Wrote the paper: SH ZH KGS AYS YW XBL. Acquired the data: BJ ZH CF Yingzhen Zhao JJ CZ BJ XBL KGS EW. Critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content: XBL SH ZL KGS AYS STA FS EW. Provided statistical expertise: XBL YW. Provided administrative, technical, or material support: ZH BJ CZ CF DD XBL KGS FS EW. Supervised the study: XBL KGS FS EW.