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¹Author Affiliations: Regional Clinical Practice Consultant (Ms Guardia-LaBar), Kaiser Permanente Northern California Patient Safety, Oakland; Clinical Practice Consultant (Dr Scruth), Critical Care/Sepsis, Clinical Effectiveness Team, Regional Quality and Regulatory Services, Oakland, California; Professor of Applied Psychology (Dr Edworthy), Cognition Institute, Plymouth University, Devon, England; Director of Adult Services and Caring Science Integration (Ms Foss-Durant), Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Patient Care Services, Oakland; and Director of Biomedical Technology Integration (Mr Burgoon), Kaiser Permanente, Enterprise Application Services and Emerging Technologies, Oakland, California.

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