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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Submissions<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1. Social,<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt">
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2. Networks<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>computer<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">3. Community<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt">
</span>Health<span style="letter-spacing:2.45pt"> </span>In<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">f</span>ormatics,<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt">
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</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:2.55pt"> </span>ap<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">p</span>lications<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:2.6pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">h</span>ealthcare<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt">
</span>in underserved<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>communities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">4. Using<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt">
</span>ICT<span style="letter-spacing:2.1pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:2.15pt">
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">5. Innovative <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
a</span>pplicatio<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">n</span>s<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
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</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt"> </span>su<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">p</span>port<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt">
</span>underserved<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>communities<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">a</span>ll parts<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">6. Methods<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:.8pt"> </span>measuring<span style="letter-spacing:.45pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.8pt"> </span>benefits<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.75pt"> </span>cos<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">t</span>s<span style="letter-spacing:.65pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:.85pt"> </span>projects<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt">
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</span>adoption<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt"> </span>of ICT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">7. The<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>role<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>human<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
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</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>effec<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">t</span>ive<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>access<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>use<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>ICTs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">8. Critical<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">t</span>heoretical<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">p</span>erspectives<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>digit<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">a</span>l<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>divide<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>social<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>incl<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">us</span>ion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">9. Scalable<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">n</span>d<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>economic<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>ICT<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>infrastr<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">u</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">c</span>tures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">10. Educational<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>systems;<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>content<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>provision<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>delivery;<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>develo<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">p</span>ing<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>ICT<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>skills<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">11. Policies<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>r<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">e</span>l<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">a</span>ted<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
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</span>open<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>access<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">t</span>ellectual<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>c<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">o</span>mmons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">12. ICT<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>support<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>Small<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
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