"And our problem is connecting the prenatal care with the delivery site, making sure the information about a patient travels with that patient when they go into labor and go to the hospital.

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"Help me build the school in the cloud, a learning lab in India where children can embark on intellectual adventures by engaging and connecting with information and mentoring online, " he said.

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