About the Authors

Sue Wells

s.wells@auckland.ac.nz

Affiliation Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Natasha Rafter

Current address: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland

Affiliation National Institute for Health Innovation, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Timothy Kenealy

Affiliation Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Geoff Herd

Affiliation Whangarei Hospital, Northland District Health Board, Whangarei, New Zealand

Kyle Eggleton

Affiliation Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Rose Lightfoot

Affiliation Te Tai Tokerau Primary Health Organisation, Kaitaia, New Zealand

Kim Arcus

Affiliation The National Heart Foundation of New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand

Angela Wadham

Affiliation National Institute for Health Innovation, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Yannan Jiang

Affiliation National Institute for Health Innovation, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Chris Bullen

Affiliation National Institute for Health Innovation, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Competing Interests

SW was the recipient of a Stevenson Fellowship in Health Innovation and Quality Improvement. This sponsor had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. NR was the recipient of a National Heart Foundation of New Zealand Research Fellowship. This sponsor had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. GH has received travel grants and accommodation to attend Roche Diagnostics Point-of-Care Testing User Group meetings in New Zealand. GH has a relationship with PHARMAC as part of his role in providing advice and expertise on the evaluation and laboratory validation of glucose meters. GH is a member of the New Zealand Point-of-Care Testing Advisory Group which developed the New Zealand Best Practice Guidelines for Point-of-Care Testing 2014. GH is currently writing two chapters for a textbook on Point-of-Care Testing under the editorship of Professor Mark Shephard of Flinders University in South Australia. The book was due to be published in 2016. Otherwise all other authors have declared that no competing interest exist. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SW NR TK GH KE RL KA AW YJ CB. Performed the experiments: SW NR TK GH KE RL AW. Analyzed the data: SW AW YJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TK GH AW YJ CB. Wrote the paper: SW NR TK GH KE RL AW KA YJ CB. Met ICMJE requirements for authorship: SW NR TK GH KE RL AW KA YJ CB.