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RealPlayer is available free at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080423004251/http://www.real.com/player">http://www.real.com/player</a><br><br><b>Welcome and Introduction of Meeting <br></b>William Roper, M.D., M.P.H.<br>Dean, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br><a href="/web/20080423004251/http://www.iom.edu/?id=7709">Listen</a> <p><b>Defining the Problem <br></b>Donald Berwick, M.D.<br>President and CEO<br>Institute for Healthcare Improvement <p><a href="/web/20080423004251/http://www.iom.edu/?id=7912">Listen</a> <p><a href="/web/20080423004251/http://www.iom.edu/?id=7913">Slides</a> <p><b>Vision of 21st Century Health Care System that Provides Quality Care <img height="1" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080423004251im_/http://www4.nas.edu/icons/ecblank.gif" width="1" border="0"> Why Don't We Use More Data in Era of EBM?<br></b>Barbara J. 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