**Author details**

Stanislaw P. Stawicki1 , Chad Brisendine<sup>2</sup> , Lee Levicoff<sup>3</sup> , Frank Ford<sup>4</sup> , Beverly Snyder5 , Sherrine Eid6 and Kathryn C. Worrilow7 \*

\*Address all correspondence to: kcworrilow@lifeaire.com

1 Department of Research and Innovation, St. Luke's University Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

2 Department of Health Information Technology, St. Luke's University Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

3 Department of Planning and Construction Management, St. Luke's University Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

4 Department of Integration, St. Luke's University Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

5 Department of Patient Care Services, St. Luke's University Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

6 Epidemiology and Biostatistics, S.Eid Consulting, Macungie, Pennsylvania, USA

7 LifeAire Systems, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

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