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Information Technology
Health Unit Coordinator
Provided daily operational support for unit and outpatient services
- Anticipated needs for department and provided coordination of information systems, environmental admitting and clerical functions.
- Processed daily reports for appointments for various clinics
- Assisted all staff, completed request in a timely manner and performed all office duties
- Prepped, scanned and reviewed patient records with 98.9% accuracy
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Arts And Sciences
English
Health Unit Coordinator
Proficiently steered unit administrative operations to ensure optimal productivity, efficiency and patient servicing
- Efficiently managed patient/visitor inbound calls and provided professional assistance
- Productively maintained detailed confidential patient data/charts and supporting documentation
- Provided quality office support to multidisciplinary team of healthcare/medical professionals
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Health Unit Coordinator
Prepared and delivered hand off shift reports between nurses.
- Scheduled physician consults with patients, coordinating between 12 physicians and up to 60 patients.
- Completed computer entry and patient records for patient admissions, transfers, and discharges.
- Provided caring, supportive customer service to patients and their families.
- Ensured proper document management of patient records, bulletins, and interoffice memos.
- Handled heavy volume of incoming calls on a multi-line (PBX) system.
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Associate of Arts
Medical Front Office Billing And Coding
Health Unit Coordinator
- Efficiently answered calls, redirected or took accurate messages within extremely high volume environment
- Maintained a clean and safe work environment
- Greeted and directed visitors, family members, patients in a friendly and professional manner
- Maintained and compiled detailed documentation of patient records and chart preparation
- Assessed records per HIPPA standards, adhered to stringent regulations
- Provided personalized service to doctors, nurses, other professional staff and patients
- Provided instructions and assistance to staff utilizing various office equipment, troubleshoot equipment
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Health Unit Coordinator / Monitor Technician
English
Health Unit Coordinator/monitor Tech Student
- Coordinated patient services requisitions and status documentation.
- Recognized and set priorities for processing medical documents.
- Entered and retrieved information into and from sun port and i-extend using medical records.
- Assisted health care staff, visitors and patients in-person and by telephone.
- Compiled reports as well as maintained a medical filing system.
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Business Management
Operations Management
Health Unit Coordinator
Accurately verify/interpret about 30 physician's orders a day so patients get correct care
- Filing of all non-computerized VA forms and medical reports into 14 patient's charts a day
- Promptly admit about 14 and discharge about 12 patients, notifying the physician and nursing personnel to insure updated information
- Set appointments upon discharge of a patient with clinics and other supportive services to insure patients get a prompt appointment
- Received about 60 calls a day from patients' family and friends and answers questions while following the Privacy Act
- Prepped and scanned countless documents into the computerized patient chart to update all records
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Certificate
Certificate
Liberal Arts
Health Unit Coordinator
Maintained accurate patient records while ensuring patient confidentiality.
- Transcribed doctor's orders, ordered labs, assisted staff with resident care.
- Ordered resident care and nursing related products in a timely matter.
- Created and implemented worksheets to help processes run smoother.
- Used computer to update resident face sheets & assignment sheets.
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Business Administration
Health Unit Coordinator
Greeted and assisted patients, family members, and visitors. Screened and referred customers to appropriate personnel and/or answering questions if needed.
- Transcribed physician orders involving patient activities, tests, diets, medication onto medication and treatment records.
- Upon receipt and discharge of patients, assembled records in correct sequential and chronological order.
- Assured required forms were completed and signed by professional staff and notified various departments of the action.
- Verified and guaranteed that patients record of treatment were complete, accurate, and properly filed before forwarding to the medical records department.
- Arranged appointments for patients with appropriate clinics, services, and consultants.
- Informed new physicians, nurses, and other staff of hospital procedures.
- Assisted with other clerical and non-clerical duties as assigned.
- Maintained clean, organized, and safe environment.
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Medical Billing And Insurance Coding
Health Unit Coordinator
Transcribed doctor's orders, charted TPR's and BP's, filed medical records into patient charts, performed clerical duties using various computer systems.
- Monitored telephone communications and greeted patients at nurse's station.
- Ordered supplies and stocked nursing station.
- Scheduled labs, x-rays and other tests for patients.
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High School Diploma
Associate of Arts
Public Relations/marketing
Health Unit Coordinator
Register, transfer and discharge patients within an 89 bed Level II trauma emergency center.
- Process and coordinate transfers and admissions for approximately 25 patients per day.
- Order entry for physicians and nurses using an electronic medical record.
- Facilitate the patient's coordination of care between doctors, nurses, patient care technicians and case managers.
- Organize patient charts including demographics, insurance information, orders and discharge instructions.
- Provide patient orders and admission recommendations for junior physicians throughout their residency.
- Coordinate administrative support in a fast paced resuscitation area under the direction of physicians and nursing staff.
- Maintain patient confidentiality by following and enforcing HIPPA guidelines.
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GED
Health Unit Coordinator
Responsible for transcribing doctors orders using medical terminology and abbreviations.
- Updated current information in patients chart.
- Maintained heavy phones calls
- Faxed and transferred patients information to forwarding Physicians
- Monitoring of visitors and phone calls.
- Adhered to all medical policies and procedures pertaining to patient confidentiality.
- Knowledge of all safety and codes.
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All References And Employer Contact Information Available
Health Unit Coordinator
Complete physical checks and monitor patients to detect unusual or harmful behavior and report observations to professional staff.
- Record and maintain patient information, such as vital signs, eating habits, behavior, progress notes, treatments, or discharge plans.
- Maintain patients' restrictions to assigned areas.
- Restrain or aid patients as necessary to prevent injury.
- Aid patients in becoming accustomed to hospital routine.
- Participate in recreational activities with patients, including card games, sports, or television viewing.
- Complete administrative tasks, such as entering orders into computer, answering telephone calls, or maintaining medical or facility information.
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Health Unit Coordinator
Maintain patient medical records in good form and ensure all needed forms are present and filed correctly
- Ensure appropriate scheduling for patient appointments
- Complete supply requisitions and communicate with multiple vendors to obtain proper supplies and forms for the Emergency Department
- Monitor call systems to ensure patient's needs are promptly communicated to staff members
- Utilize multiple computerized systems to ensure phone calls and medical orders are received, screened and routed appropriately to the proper departments
- Collect insurance copayments for services rendered
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Organizational Communication Studies
Health Unit Coordinator
Assist the Specialty Clinics Manager and Medical Directors with varying projects and clinic needs.
- Actively participate in a committee to improve clinic functions and employee satisfaction.
- Manage prior authorization of insurance coverage and care coordination for patients and families.
- Create and manage schedule and templates for the General Pediatrics Clinic.
- Registration and scheduling of appointments both in the clinic and through the call center.
- Assist in various clinics, including Genetics, General Pediatrics, and Orthopedics.
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Medical Assistant
Health Unit Coordinator
Maintained accurate patient charts
- Coordinated patient outside appointments
- Provided Administrative support to the Head nurse of the Skilled Care Unit
- Responsible for coordinating Resident Lab draws
- Knowledgeable with ICD9 diagnosis coding
- Assists with the admission process of new patients
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GED
Health Unit Coordinator
Responsible for transcribing doctors orders using medical terminology and abbreviations.
- Updated current information in patients chart.
- Maintained heavy phones calls
- Faxed and transferred patients information to forwarding Physicians
- Monitoring of visitors and phone calls.
- Adhered to all medical policies and procedures pertaining to patient confidentiality.
- Knowledge of all safety and codes.
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Health Promotion And Education
Health Unit Coordinator
Schedule and coordinate all the Operating Room surgeries
- Schedule and coordinate all the Operating Room surgeries
- Work in a trauma one environment and prioritize emergencies by severity of the injury
- First line of communication to hospital staff, surgeons, patients, and families
- Management of 40 plus employees
- Organize numerous events, hire, interview, and train new employees
- Admit, discharge, and transfer patients
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Medical Assisting
Health Unit Coordinator
Performs clerical duties as assigned to obtain efficient departmental performance in various units such as Medical Intensive care, and OB
- Provides quality customer service, answers busy phone line and transfers calls to appropriate parties
- Works closely with the Registered Nurse and Supervisor to coordinate patient records
- Organize and maintains filing system
- Answers patient call lights and assist as needed on patient floor
- Promoted from Environmental Services through hard work
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Associate of Arts
Health Information Management
Health Unit Coordinator
- Assist medical staff in providing care to patients.
- Ensure that the ordered care is provided to the patient in the most expedited way possible.
- Handle incoming calls, process medical information requests and review
- Scanned and indexed electronic medical records
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Health Unit Coordinator
Nursing Assistant
Health Unit Coordinator
Maintain medical records, correlate doctor visits and appointments and to assist staff when possible.
- Communicate with all residents, family members and staff.
- Coordinate admissions, discharges and transfers.
- Transcribe new orders, orders supplies, make appointments as needed.
- Chart upkeep, active filing, transportation and referrals.
- Transcribe MD and GNP admission and telephone orders schedule and make appointments.
- Follow up on all appointments, maintain work station and assist Nursing staff.
- Answer high volume of phones calls, multitask, ability to work independently.
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Medical Transcription
Health Unit Coordinator
High volume of interaction with doctors, nurses, patients and patient's families
- Patient care input of lab work, dietary needs, diagnostic testing and procedures
- Secure release of information for medical records
- Coordinate the transport of patients to the appropriate diagnostic testing and procedures ordered in a timely manner
- Clerical responsibilities including but not limited to answering the telephone, filing, faxing, scheduling follow up appointments
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High School Diploma
Psychology
Health Unit Coordinator
Answering the telephone and transfering calls to the appropriate person of department
- Making sure each patients chart has the correct information and appropriate documents
- Facilitating patient transfers
- Entering physician orders into the meditech system
- Managing the emergency room from a secretarial position
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Health Unit Coordinator
Health Unit Coordinator
Transcribed doctor's orders, schedule diagnostic testing and treatment for patients.
- Managed patient charts and unit supplies.
- Interacting on a person to person basis with doctors, nurses, patients, visitors, and other departments for the purpose of answering questions and carrying out instructions.
- Filing patient charts, answering phones, tracking patient charts, and keeping track of patient's charges.
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Business
Public Administration
Health Unit Coordinator
Transcribed Physician orders for internal departmental processing.
- Utilized databases and Internet to perform administrative functions.
- Created a variety of patient and workplace documentation through applicable software.
- Worked closely with Nurses, Physicians, and Patient Care Professionals.
- Liaison for patients, family members, and other clientele with questions or concerns.
- Operated multi-line telephones, copiers, fax machines, printers, and paging systems.
- Wrote staff schedules.
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Certificate
Journalism
Health Unit Coordinator (huc)
Interview patients to complete documents, case histories, and forms such as intake and insurance forms.
- Perform various clerical and administrative functions, such as ordering and maintaining an inventory of supplies.
- Compile and record medical charts, reports, and correspondence, using personal computer.
- Arrange hospital admissions for patients.
- Answer telephones, and direct calls to appropriate staff.
- Attending the staff meetings.
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Bachelor of Arts
Health Unit Coordinator
Responsible for accurately transcribed physician orders.
- Maintained orderly and accurate patient records.
- Answered multi phone line in timely order.
- Filed discharge charts and miscellaneous papers.
- Ordered supplies and equipment, and coordinating communication between patient care staff and other departments.
- Copied and faxed patients charts
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Bachelor of Science
Medical Terminology
Health It
Health Unit Coordinator
Track and coordinate patient flow for 24 operating rooms, from admission through Peri-op and the ICUs, utilizing EPIC Op Time
- Schedule cases, selecting appropriate procedures and ensuring proper coding and picking by Central Processing Department
- Communicate with outside vendor representatives to provide clinical and technical support for cases when needed
- Provide administrative support to Surgery and Anesthesia Departments
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Psychology
Psychology
Health Unit Coordinator
Providing customer service to patients, visitors, families, and employees
- Performing administrative and clerical duties to ensure efficient, operational flow with the nursing unit
- Communicate and facilitate communication with patients, families, other departments, and health care team members regarding patient care
- Assist with processing patient admissions, discharges, and transfers
- Assemble and maintain patient medical records and other documents related to patient care
- Assist with unit clerical functions as needed
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Clinical
Health Unit Coordinator
Answer and direct phone calls and patient call lights
- Enter labs, radiology, medication, and other orders into the computer using Cerner Power Chart, and Easy Web programs
- Transcribe physicians' orders
- Assemble/disassemble charts, properly keep and dispose of protected health information using HIPAA standards
- Conduct supply inventory
- Trained in scheduling staff using the Optilink program
- Assist nurses and techs on the floor as needed
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Health Unit Coordinator
Managed front desk communications and operations
- Direct incoming calls to appropriate departments
- Assemble patient charts, proper forms, and check for patient consents
- Complete patient admission and discharge paperwork, fax information to doctor's offices
- Assist day to day operations by facilitating communication between patients and medical staff
- Order and restock office supplies and necessities
- Inspect heart monitors and ensure corresponding patient information is current
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High School Diploma
Health Unit Coordinator
Coordinate patient admissions and discharge verifying patient demographics.
- Enter patient orders into CPOE for procedures such as chest x-ray, EKG, lab request as well as notify respiratory regarding code blue patient care.
- Utilization of hospital computer system to replenish unit supplies such as Cairpad for Flexi-care beds, office supplies, and notify Hill-Rom for bed service.
- Customer Service related to answering units' multi-line telephone system, greeting visitors to unit and directing them to appropriate care nurse or patient room.
- Answer patient call system and locate appropriate staff member per patient request or need.
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Nursing
Neurology ICU Health Unit Coordinator
- Greeted patients and family members as they entered the unit, directed as needed within the hospital campus.
- Answered phones and directed calls promptly to appropriate medical staff.
- Entered orders into MS4 as directed.
- Distributed phone listings and nurse bed assignments daily.
- Restocked medical and office supplies as needed.
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Alnwick, England
International Business
Health Unit Coordinator
Worked in Emergency room and Urgent care department
- Tasks included flow of communication amongst co-workers, patients and departments
- Use of proper telephone techniques to order labs and radiology procedures
- Created charts and discharge instructions for patients
- Patient disclosures and private information procedures
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High School Diploma
Human Services
Healthcare
Health Unit Coordinator
Develop patient charts during the admissions discharge process.
- Responsible for telephone coverage accurate messages and prompt follow up.
- Responsible for inputting orders for various labs, and faxing and scanning of doctor orders.
- Monitor behavior and provide assurance of safety and well being via timed rounding and checks.
- Ensure the care and development of the patient responsibility by performing both direct and indirect personal care and support.
- Transportation of patients (unmonitored) patient preparation for procedures collection of vital signs and unit specific procedures and task, which require documented competence.
- Input orders related to patient care as requested by the doctor or nurse.
- Insures chart accuracy through periodic chart reviews and checks.
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Bachelor of Business Administration
Master of Arts
Cosmetology
Health Unit Coordinator
Transcribe physician orders in totality.
- Serve as a liaison among physicians, nursing staff, patients, and visitors communicating daily updates.
- Managed patient charts and filed physicians' orders.
- Processed laboratory orders, summaries and other information into the patients' charts.
- Accurately maintain office and patient care supplies within budget guidelines.
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Health Unit Coordinator and Cardiac Monitor Technician, Cardiac Unit
Entry of customer data and doctor's orders.
- Coordination of all intake and discharge of patients.
- Answered and operated multi-line telephone system.
- Responsible for answering customer questions and concerns.
- Effectively communicate with doctors, nurses, volunteers, and other hospital staff.
- Responsible for knowing and recognizing dysrhythmias
- Responsible for knowing how to perform single-lead and 12-Lead EKG's.
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Medical Administrative Assistant
Nursing Assisting
Nursing Assistant/ Health Unit Coordinator
Promoted to Health Unit Coordinator from nursing assistant.
- Prioritize and implement unit and patient needs according to policies and procedures.
- Ensures work station meets standards for cleanliness, safeness, and presents a professional atmosphere.
- Transcribe physician orders onto medication administration records and treatment records.
- Advocate for the patients and their families to support patient/family rights and needs.
- Comply with HIPAA guidelines in all patient documentation and interactions.
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Health Unit Coordinator
Assisting in planning, organizing, implementing and evaluating the activities occurring in the nursing station by performing clerical and receptionist duties and maintaining the physical environment of the area.
- Greet new patients upon arrival to the unit and escort them to their rooms as necessary
- Schedule diagnostic procedures and treatment
- Assist with tracking and monitoring all patients in the unit going to tests, procedures being transferred to another unit, or being discharged
- Enters hospital charge data into the computer system to assist with preparation of patient charges
- Orders all clerical and operational supplies specific to the nursing unit and maintains expenses within budgetary guidelines
- Document patient allergies on all patient forms
- Assist physicians with patient information
- Work collaboratively with the admitting department to ensure the smooth admission, transfer and discharge of patient
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Medical Insurance Billing And Coding
Health Unit Coordinator
Flexible hospital resource for multi departments
- Accurate and timely processing of physician medical orders
- Effectively communicate with staff and ancillary departments
- Professional and caring support for patients and visitors
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Health Unit Coordinator
Health Information Technology
Health Unit Coordinator
Review medical documentation and consult with healthcare providers when documentation is inadequate or unclear for coding purposes.
- Maintain patient charts and records
- Receive and coordinate telephone calls properly, according to hospital procedure, and in compliance with confidentiality statues
- Release information according to the law and facility policy
- Transcribe physician orders
- Perform clerical functions for admission, discharge and transfer of patients.
- Manage the supplies and equipment on the nursing station
- Perform receptionist duties, set priorities and organize the daily workload.
- Greet patients, call for consults and manage patient charging information
- Communicate with other departments by way of telephone, intercom, pagers, tube systems, and computer
- Responsible for watching patient's telemetry and heart rates and reporting important changes to the nursing staff
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Biology
Biology
Health Unit Coordinator
Interact with medical staff.
- Perform all clerical activities required to coordinate patient care procedures.
- Read, transcribe and process physician orders accurately.
- Assist in the transportation of patients, specimen and supplies.
- Prepare and maintain all medical records and documents during patient stay.
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Business/computer Science
Health Unit Coordinator
Maintain customer service relations with patients & families
- Perform duties such as answering telephones, light office work, and assisting with patient care
- Contact other healthcare providers such as doctors, vendors, and other hospital staff in regards to patient care
- Delegate nurses and other clinical staff in assisting with patient care
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Liberal Arts
Applied Sciences
Business Management
Health Unit Coordinator
- Coordinate day to day activities of the [company name]
- Display professional conduct when dealing with families, patients and staff
- Manage admits, transfers and discharges to/from [company name]
- Responsible for billing of Patient supplies while on the [company name]
- Work with Physicians, Nurses, Social Workers, and other Hospital staff to coordinate Patient care
- Responsible for attending staff meetings and other organizational meetings
- Provide Customer Service feed back to Nurse Manager on Patient Satisfaction criteria set by the hospital
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Biology
Health Unit Coordinator
- Provide assistance to keep facility organized along with coordinate communication between Residents and medical staff.
- Schedule appointments and arrange transportation for Residents needing medical assistance.
- Perform clerical duties, order various medical supplies, as well as provide several services to Residents, visitors, and hospital staff.
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Allied Health Sciences
Speech-language Pathology
Emergency Room Health Unit Coordinator
Communicating directly with physicians, physician assistants, and nurses
- Alerting staff members of priority one patients prior to ambulance arrival
- Inputting admission orders
- Placing phone calls to various providers
- Performing general administrative duties
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Business Adminstration
Health Unit Coordinator
- Operate office machines, such as photocopiers and scanners, facsimile machines, voice mail systems, and personal computers.
- Answer telephones, direct calls, and take messages.
- Responsible for putting in lab orders for testing which was ordered by Doctors and nurses.
- Maintained duties to help hospital staff with a variety of daily routines to help insure that patient's needs were met smoothly and efficiently.
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High School Diploma
Certificate
Health Unit Coordinator
- Provide organizational, receptionist and clerical support to the patient care units.
- Responsible for maintaining an efficient, well-organized unit while keeping supplies and equipment available and properly stored.
- Maintain and communicate information accurately in a professional and efficient manner to a patients, visitors, scheduling, and nursing and physician staff.
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Criminal Justice
Health Unit Coordinator
- Maintain chart management and transferring of patients to various ICU.
- Enter data information for physicians and direct phone calls to appropriate departments.
- Ensure appropriate staffing is sufficient at all times.
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