Clancy, Heather A.
Zhu, Zheng
Gordon, Nancy P.
Kipnis, Patricia
Liu, Vincent X.
Escobar, Gabriel J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Inc
The Permanente Medical Group, Inc.
National Institutes of Health (R35GM128672)
Article History
Received: 27 May 2021
Accepted: 31 March 2022
First Online: 29 April 2022
Declarations
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: A designated member of the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Institutional Review Board conducted an expedited review and approved the study, # CN-17–3119.Informed Consent & Authorization Waiver Determinations:Physician approvals permitted research staff to approach any patient who was under their care for the duration of the study, given that all eligibility and screening criteria were met. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.Research staff approached eligible patients and described the study. Patients who agreed to participate confirmed their identity using an authentication process, provided informed consent, signed an authorization form for use and disclosure of their information, and signed an acknowledgment of receipt of the KPNC Research Participants’ Bill of Rights. All signatures, including for the informed consent, were collected electronically via tablet.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.