Additional Contributions:We are grateful for the help we received from Rita Giordana Pulpo, MA (Parsons and
Cornell Tech), for the designs in our manuscript; Caroline Reiner, BA (Yale University) for her contributions in
helping design the data pipeline method for emergency medicine handoff note summarization; and Travis Gossey,
MD (Northwestern), for his contributions with our project sponsorship, facilitating data access, and assisting with
physician recruitment. None of them were compensated for their contributions.
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