Article History
Received: 28 February 2019
Accepted: 16 August 2019
First Online: 27 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This project has been reviewed according to VA Boston Healthcare System (Boston, Massachusetts, USA) procedures and has been determined to be a quality improvement activity that is classified as non-research, requiring no further oversight by the health system’s research committees. Participation in the surveys and all other aspects of the project was entirely voluntary. Any individual’s decision to participate or not participate was neither documented nor discussed with his/her supervisors. Verbal consent was obtained from all participants. Written consent was not required by the VA Boston Healthcare System, which classified this project as quality improvement and non-research, hence obligating no further oversight by the health system’s research committees.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.