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3 reasons you'll need voice recognition for better patient engagement

The preponderance of mobile voice technologies is going to give a big boost to efforts to empower patients to take a more active role in their own healthcare, says Nick van Terheyden, MD, chief medical information officer for Nuance Communications. Specifically, he sees three trends picking up speed as a result of conversational user interfaces.

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May 15, 2013

Jeff Rowe

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Post-discharge plans get mobile boost

It's often been said that telehealth programs offer benefits to healthcare providers in both rural and urban settings. Vree Health is proving that point with two new contracts -- one in Big Sky Country, the other in the heavily populated Northeast.

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May 15, 2013

Eric Wicklund

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5 questions with ATA president Ed Brown

American Telemedicine Association President-Elect Ed Brown, MD is the founder and CEO of Ontario Telemedicine Network in Canada. Healthcare IT News caught up with him at the recent ATA conference in Austin, Texas, to talk with him about the state of telemedicine and what he envisions it will be in the coming years.

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May 10, 2013

Bernie Monegain

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Cigna, MDLive offer 24/7 video consults

Cigna has announced that it will enlist the help of MDLIVE, a developer of telehealth technology and services, to offer eligible health plan members round-the-clock online video consultations with internal medicine, family practice and pediatric doctors.

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May 10, 2013

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3 ways telemedicine is helping Wyoming

In the rural West, neighbors often come in handy. Nowhere is that probably more true than in Wyoming. With a mere 5.8 inhabitants per square mile -- only Alaska is more "open," with 1.2 inhabitants per square mile -- Wyoming has a tradition of neighbor helping neighbor on just about everything that matters. Take health IT, for example.

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May 9, 2013

Jeff Rowe

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Ohio hospital launches kiosk pilot

Nationwide Children's Hospital, in Columbus, Ohio, will expand healthcare access to more children via four HealthSpot Station units in and around the city. HealthSpot announced the pilot at the American Telemedicine Association's annual meeting this week in Austin, Texas.

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May 7, 2013

Bernie Monegain

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Telemedicine shows ROI at ATA

Ironically, Andrew Watson's first telemedicine procedure was with a rural patient who was a Mennonite. At first, the patient and physician looked at each other warily.

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May 7, 2013

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Private payers look to telemedicine

When it comes to paying for new procedures or new ways of delivering care, private insurers often keep their eyes on payment policies from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. If CMS begins compensation for a service, the private payers will likely follow.

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May 7, 2013

Chris Anderson

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The year ahead for the ATA, telemedicine

Telemedicine as we know it has been around for almost 50 years. It has moved from humble beginnings as an experimental curiosity delivering rural healthcare to become something on track for mainstream acceptance across the healthcare system.

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May 6, 2013

Edward Brown, MD

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ATA keynote: 'Not a technology problem'

Jeffrey O. Henley, chairman of the Oracle Corporation, offered a technologist's perspective on the opportunities of reshaping healthcare in his Monday morning keynote at the American Telemedicine Association's 18th Annual International Meeting & Trade Show.

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May 6, 2013

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Industry executives: In today's healthcare landscape, the patient comes first

It's a consumer's world, and we'd all just better get used to it. That's especially true of the nation's doctors, who've been at the center of the healthcare landscape and are now dealing with a healthcare system that's putting the patient first.

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May 6, 2013

Eric Wicklund

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How Industry Leaders Optimize for Healthcare IT

Strategies for Building a Network that Maximizes Critical Application Performance EHRs, Telehealth and Beyond: A Case Study

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March 14, 2013

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Sentara Healthcare: How a nationally recognized IDN leverages clinical informatics

Watch this video about the integration of real-time vital signs data with existing EHR. Sentara Healthcare’s Vice President and Chief Information Officer Bert Reese shares how his nationally recognized IDN leverages clinical informatics solutions to streamline care and integrate information into the healthcare delivery system.

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February 26, 2013

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Mobile Power: What Really Matters?

As hospitals adopt and expand mobile computing strategies, power systems are critical to ensuring caregivers access the information they need, shift after shift, where it matters most – at the point of care. The marketplace is filled with competing claims about which factors matter most. To help hospital decision makers evaluate their options, here are seven questions to ask in evaluating mobile computing workstations, primarily focused on power systems.

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February 5, 2013

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Sizing Up Your Cloud Options - Is Now the Time?

A recent survey of IT executives found nearly 90% see business value in transitioning to Cloud computing, but only 20% have a plan to get there. Healthcare Cloud solutions require Compliance, Security, Privacy, Redundancy, and Scalability, so choosing the right path from on-premises servers to the Cloud can be daunting. Learn how to chart a quick and affordable course to healthcare <a href="/directory/cloud-computing" target="_blank" class="directory-item-link">Cloud Computing</a> and how to choose the right Cloud services partner.

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November 7, 2012

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QualSight LASIK Achieves HIPAA Compliance After Attempted Hack

In January 2010, QualSight - the nation’s largest LASIK manager serving over 75 million health plan members - was informed that a hack attempt had been made against their infrastructure. They were concerned that a repeat occurrence could take place and wanted to take a pro-active role in eliminating any future occurrence. Download this case study to find out how QualSight finally found a solution that offered complete HIPAA compliancy.

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November 7, 2012

Advances in Wireless Technologies for Healthcare: Hitting the wall - Is this the end of WMTS for Medical Telemetry?

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The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012’s planned mandate to remove the Medical Telemetry Services from the 608-614MHz WMTS spectrum is earthshaking news to the healthcare industry and has created a lot of uncertainty and questions in the North American hospital community.

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August 30, 2012

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Saving Lives Virtually – A Day in the Life of Today’s Physician

A new era in healthcare IT has arrived! Even when physicians can’t physically be there, new advances in technology allow them to always “virtually” be on the scene to save a life - whether it’s in the middle of the night or on their day off. In this short video, you’ll watch how a cardiologist prescribes a patient the medicine he needs stat at 2 a.m. You’ll see how easily you can access clinical desktops from anywhere and access real-time info about patients as they’re getting wheeled into the ER. In addition, the video will show you how to go mobile instantly with desktops that follow users, review real-time ER caseloads and enable HD face-to-face telemedicine. Also, watch how this doctor uses voice recognition to update patient records and secure patient health information (PHI) on devices. Don’t you love living in the future?

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June 7, 2012

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Disruptive Innovation: The Key to Empowering Patients, Transforming the Healthcare System

The United States is undergoing a major transformation of its healthcare delivery system, driven by federal health IT investments and healthcare reforms. This content piece features information from a joint presentation at the HIMSS12 Annual Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas in February, where Eric Dishman, General Manager of Health Strategy and Solutions at Intel Corporation, and Jason Hwang, MD, executive director of healthcare at the Innosight Institute, presented on the power of “disruptive innovation” to meet the challenges of transforming the U.S. health sector. Download this paper to read examples of how disruption health IT innovation is driving new care models across the globe.

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March 29, 2012

Beyond the Checkbox: Using Health Information to Continuously Engage Patients and Improve the Patient Experience

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The U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services announced in February 2012 that nearly 2,000 hospitals received incentive payments under the CMMS’ <a href="/directory/electronic-health-record-ehr" target="_blank" class="directory-item-link">EHR</a> Incentive Programs. In addition, 85 percent of hospitals now report that by 2015 they intend to take advantage of the incentive payments. With the competitive inpatient market moving toward critical mass, many hospitals face the challenge of meeting Stage 1 MU criteria. Forward-thinking hospitals and health systems are approaching patient education beyond checking a box on their way to qualifying for incentive payments. Learn how Ochsner Health System now provides consistent patient education materials based on evidence-based medicine to its clinicians across its seven hospitals and 40 clinics.

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March 22, 2012

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Redefining Value and Success in Healthcare: Charting the Path to the Future

Across the healthcare industry, forward-thinking organizations are developing new competencies in anticipation of the opportunity that comes with industry-wide transformation. They are positioning themselves for success and defining the future of healthcare. Will your organization be ready to collaborate, coordinate and integrate? Watch this session now.

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March 13, 2012

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Serendipity, Personalization and Connected Health

In a world where most folks change jobs every couple of years, people are often amazed to hear that I started work in connected health 19 years ago. Implicit in their amazement is a question, “Why did you stick with it so long?” The quickest response is that the work we started back then is not yet finished.

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April 25, 2013

Joseph C. Kvedar

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Will ACOs fail?

As I watch healthcare providers in our integrated delivery system deal with the challenges of payment reform and accountable care, I am more optimistic than dismayed.

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February 27, 2013

Joseph C. Kvedar

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Patient-centric Health IT

A question came up on the Society for Participatory Medicine's e-mail list the other day. Basically, it boiled down to how we would define Patient-centric Health IT.

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January 10, 2013

Keith W. Boone

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State by State Telemedicine Licensure

The Federation of State Medical Boards has produced an overview of telemedicine licensure across the US.

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December 31, 2012

Christina Thielst

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Top 5 misconceptions of holding back the deployment of televideo in healthcare delivery

Until recently, the specialized equipment, complexity and expensive network infrastructure required by video, as well as poor Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement policies made it impractical to utilize televideo technologies for the delivery of care unless the patient was a great distance from the doctor.

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January 19, 2012

Pete Eggleston

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Dos and Don'ts of Telemedicine

This is the next post in my series of Dos and Don’ts Healthcare IT. As we all know, some of our most important citizens live in rural settings, small cities, the countryside, or remote areas. In the past 15 years or so we’ve made some great strides in remotely accessible healthcare.

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January 18, 2012

Shahid Shah

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Telemedicine is on the rise

As a progressive new form of quality and convenient health, telehealth practices are growing, especially in rural areas, as it improves quality, access and cost of care. However, with a reimbursement model not clearly defined, some physicians are still reluctant.

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January 3, 2012

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mHealth in action: Twitter recap from #HIMSSVirtual

One of the education sessions last week at HIMSS Virtual Conference and Expo was "mHealth in Action: From Research to Practice in Metro Miami." In the briefing, the speaker went over his company's mHealth strategy, tackling issues with the use of standards-based mobile technology.

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November 8, 2011

Kelly Mehler

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mHealth targeting healthcare professionals

While #mhealth or mobile health is taking the world by storm, Happtique, a mobile application store developed specifically for healthcare professionals, aims to make sense of it all. Happtique, Healthcare-APP-bouTIQUE, provides a growing app catalog of what it calls “hApps” or healthcare applications.

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October 21, 2011

Angela Dunn

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New iPhone 4s features expand potential for medical use

It’s simply amazing that Apple iPhones and iPads continue to dominate technology conversations, despite the impressive advances of competing Android smart phones and tablets. Further illustrated in the wake of Steve Jobs’s unfortunate death last week, Apple has done a masterful job of producing products that have become part of our lives that even pull the heartstrings of many of its dedicated users.

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October 14, 2011

Chad Johnson

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'Don't have time' is the wrong answer

We host weekly Tweet Chats called Health IT Social Media, or #HITsm. During one of our conversations, we were discussing why more hospital IT professionals, as well as other provider IT people, are not involved in social media. One of the answers was: “We don’t have time.”

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October 13, 2011

Jon Mertz

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UnitedHealth on improving rural healthcare

The UnitedHealth Center for Health Reform and Modernization released a white paper on Modernizing Rural Health Care.

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August 3, 2011

David Harlow

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New York eHealth Collaborative celebrates five health IT champions

In the year since the first NYeC gala, there have been revolutionary advancements in health IT throughout New York and across the nation. On Monday, October 15th, five champions of health IT will be highlighted at the second gala and award ceremony.

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September 28, 2012

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Patient Advocates and American Well join to bring online care to Maine

American Well™ announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Patient Advocates LLC that will result in the deployment of the Online Care For Providers telehealth solution for Maine clients. Patient Advocates is a health care management company that employers and patients count on to navigate the health care system. It maintains relationships with leading medical centers in order to ensure access to the highest levels of appropriate care.

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October 25, 2011

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Companies & Markets: strategic analysis of the European telemedicine market

Across Europe, improved access to technology and the need to reduce healthcare delivery costs have underpinned the search for cost-effective solutions. Telemedicine has proved to be an economical alternative to conventional healthcare delivery, while providing personalised solutions. These factors are expected to assist telemedicine in becoming an integral part of the healthcare system.

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October 20, 2011

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CJPS Medical Systems shakes the world of telemedicine

In an unprecedented move, CJPS Medical Systems announces that it will no longer charge for any connectivity fees for caregivers to access patient data when using VitalPoint® HOME, its state-of-the-art remote patient monitoring system.

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October 17, 2011

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GlobalMed’s telemedicine solutions now include the GE Vscan ultrasound device

GlobalMed – the industry-leading telemedicine design, marketing and manufacturing company based in Scottsdale, Arizona – has signed an agreement with GE Healthcare (NYSE: GE) to sell the Vscan™, its pocket-sized, portable ultrasound device. The agreement provides domestic customers who buy or have purchased GlobalMed’s i8500 Series Mobile Telemedicine Carts with the option to add the Vscan to their telemedicine program.

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October 3, 2011

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Visiting nurse services of Connecticut selects Cardiocom® as its new Telehealth vendor

Visiting Nurse Services of Connecticut, one of the state's oldest and largest home health agencies, announces that it has entered into a business relationship with Cardiocom to provide advanced home telehealth technology to patients with chronic conditions using Cardiocom's new Commander FLEX™ device. Cardiocom®, Experts in Telehealth(SM), is a world class developer, manufacturer and clinical service provider of award-winning telehealth solutions.

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September 27, 2011

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Tunstall Healthcare Group Limited to acquire American Medical Alert Corp.

American Medical Alert Corp (Nasdaq: AMAC), a leading provider of remote health monitoring and 24/7 communication services that enhances care, accelerates response times, improves operational effectiveness and delivers sustainable patient services, has announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Tunstall Healthcare Group Limited, a leading telehealth and telecare provider. Tunstall will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of AMAC for $8.55 per share in cash without interest, representing a premium of approximately 50% over AMAC’s closing share price on September 22, 2011, plus one Contingent Payment Right (CPR) per share providing a contingent cash payment for the holder of such common share in the event of a sale of AMAC’s interests in the Lifecomm joint venture or prior sale of Tunstall under certain conditions. The transaction is expected to close at the end of the fourth quarter of 2011.

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September 23, 2011

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At Home Healthcare expands telehealth program With Cardiocom® Telehealth Technology

At Home Healthcare, a leading provider of home care announced it has entered into a business relationship with Cardiocom to provide advanced home telehealth technology to patients with chronic illness. Cardiocom®, Experts in Telehealth(SM), is a world class developer, manufacturer and clinical service provider of award-winning telehealth solutions.

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September 21, 2011

Shifting the cancer conversation: A new online patient program focuses on individualized cancer treatments

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As part of GE Healthcare's ongoing commitment to fight cancer, the company announced today a new online patient resource – www.IsMyCancerDifferent.com. The website, the first of its kind to focus on educating cancer patients about molecular-level testing, was launched at the Social Health Summit, a meeting that brings together patients, healthcare professionals, advocacy organizations and health bloggers.

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September 19, 2011

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Good news for rural stroke patients: telestroke care is cost-effective

In this first-of-its-kind U.S. health economic analysis, researchers have found that using two way audio-video telemedicine to deliver stroke care, also known as telestroke, appears to be cost-effective for rural hospitals that don’t have an around-the-clock neurologist, or stroke expert, on staff. The research is published in the September 14, 2011, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

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September 15, 2011

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CL&A, Healthy Start, MD partner

Curt Lewis & Associates (CL&A) today announced a strategic alliance with Healthy Start MD, a global wellness service firm headquartered in Webster, Texas with business concerns throughout the US and the international community. Curt Lewis & Associates is known for its expertise in the aviation industry, offering system safety, quality, and safety management system services and training, accident investigation, litigation support, and risk management solutions.

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August 11, 2011

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Florida urgent care clinic uses power of smartphones

South Tampa Immediate Care today announced a new partnership with Healthagen to put medical and facility information into the hands of smartphone users with iTriage - a free mobile healthcare application. The increase in mobile phone subscriptions, specifically smartphones, has led the medical facility to expand its presence in the mobile community by providing on-the-go access to a variety of medical information.

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June 20, 2011