About the Authors

James E. Stahl

james.e.stahl@dartmouth.edu, james@mgh-ita.org

Affiliations MGH Benson-Henry Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Section of General Internal Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America, MGH Institute for Technology Assessment, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michelle L. Dossett

Affiliations MGH Benson-Henry Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, MGH Division of General Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

A. Scott LaJoie

Affiliation MGH Department of Psychiatry, University of Louisville, Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

John W. Denninger

Affiliations MGH Benson-Henry Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, MGH Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Darshan H. Mehta

Affiliations MGH Benson-Henry Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, MGH Institute for Technology Assessment, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Roberta Goldman

Affiliation MGH Benson-Henry Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gregory L. Fricchione

Affiliations MGH Benson-Henry Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, MGH Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Herbert Benson

Affiliation MGH Benson-Henry Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS. Performed the experiments: JS. Analyzed the data: JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS MD AL RG. Wrote the paper: JS MD AL RG. Editing and revising the manuscript: JS MD AL JD DM RG GF HB.