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Stanberry Insurance customer referral contest will run through September 30th 2011.

All you have to do to get your name entered into the random drawing is recommend everyone you know or meet to go to stanberry-ins.com/refer, and enter your name in as the person they were referred by. If the information we receive is a qualified referral, you will get THREE entries into the drawing that will take place on Monday, October 11th, 2011.

Q: The people that I want to refer do not have internet access, how can I refer them?
→A: Write to us to at Stanberry Insurance Referral Contest c/o Ken Peck 715 E Main St Sylva, NC 28779. We will send you three postage paid postcards that your referrals can fill out and mail back.

1. iPad 2

2. $500 Gas Card

3. $500 Wal-Mart Gift Card

Stanberry Insurance customer referral contest started April 7th 2011 and will run through September 30th 2011.

The prize up for grabs will be determined by you and will be announced 6/1/11!

All you have to do to get your name entered into the random drawing is recommend everyone you know or meet to go to stanberry-ins.com/refer, and enter your name in as the person they were referred by. If the information we receive is a qualified referral, you will get THREE entries into the drawing that will take place on Monday, October 11th, 2011.

How does a referral become a qualified referral?:

• The person you refer fills out the form and electronically authorizes Stanberry Insurance to contact them
• Stanberry Insurance is able to contact the referral and complete a quote
• The referral has not had a personal insurance policy with Stanberry Insurance within the prior 365 days

Here are some frequently asked questions (updated 1/3/11):

• Q: Do I have to have a personal policy with Stanberry Insurance to refer someone to you to get a quote? →A: No.
• Q: Can I refer myself and use this as an entry? →A: Three part answer:

1. If you are a business owner and have a commercial policy and refer yourself for personal, life, or health insurance
2. If you have your personal insurance with us and you refer your business, life, or health insurance
3. If the above do not apply then you cannot refer yourself

• Q: Does the person I refer to you have to buy the policy you quote for them? →A: No.
• Q: How many times will you attempt to contact the person I refer to you? →A: We will attempt to contact the referral three times; if we do not receive a response we will not attempt again unless prompted by the referral.
• Q: Can members of your staff win this prize? →A: No, staff members nor members of their household are eligible for this contest. They have their own contests to worry about
• Q: Do I have to purchase anything to win? →A: No
• Q: Where can I find out more about the prize(s) you are giving away? →A: When the votes are in we will place a link here to view more information about the prize
• Q: The people that I want to refer do not have internet access, how can I refer them →A: Write to us to at Stanberry Insurance Referral Contest c/o Ken Peck 715 E Main St Sylva, NC 28779. We will send you three postage paid postcards that your referrals can fill out and mail back.

Stanberry Insurance customer referral contest started April 7th 2011 and will run through September 30th 2011.

The prize up for grabs will be determined by you and will be announced 6/1/11!

All you have to do to get your name entered into the random drawing is recommend everyone you know or meet to go to stanberry-ins.com/refer, and enter your name in as the person they were referred by. If the information we receive is a qualified referral, you will get THREE entries into the drawing that will take place on Monday, October 11th, 2011.

How does a referral become a qualified referral?:

• The person you refer fills out the form and electronically authorizes Stanberry Insurance to contact them
• Stanberry Insurance is able to contact the referral and complete a quote
• The referral has not had a personal insurance policy with Stanberry Insurance within the prior 365 days

Here are some frequently asked questions (updated 1/3/11):

• Q: Do I have to have a personal policy with Stanberry Insurance to refer someone to you to get a quote? →A: No.
• Q: Can I refer myself and use this as an entry? →A: Three part answer:

1. If you are a business owner and have a commercial policy and refer yourself for personal, life, or health insurance
2. If you have your personal insurance with us and you refer your business, life, or health insurance
3. If the above do not apply then you cannot refer yourself

• Q: Does the person I refer to you have to buy the policy you quote for them? →A: No.
• Q: How many times will you attempt to contact the person I refer to you? →A: We will attempt to contact the referral three times; if we do not receive a response we will not attempt again unless prompted by the referral.
• Q: Can members of your staff win this prize? →A: No, staff members nor members of their household are eligible for this contest. They have their own contests to worry about
• Q: Do I have to purchase anything to win? →A: No
• Q: Where can I find out more about the prize(s) you are giving away? →A: When the votes are in we will place a link here to view more information about the prize
• Q: The people that I want to refer do not have internet access, how can I refer them →A: Write to us to at Stanberry Insurance Referral Contest c/o Ken Peck 715 E Main St Sylva, NC 28779. We will send you three postage paid postcards that your referrals can fill out and mail back.

Stanberry Insurance next customer referral contest starting April 7th 2011 through September 30th 2011.

The prize up for grabs will be determined by you and will be announced 6/1/11!

All you have to do to get your name entered into the random drawing is recommend everyone you know or meet to go to stanberry-ins.com/refer, and enter your name in as the person they were referred by. If the information we receive is a qualified referral, you will get THREE entries into the drawing that will take place on Monday, October 11th, 2011.

How does a referral become a qualified referral?:

• The person you refer fills out the form and electronically authorizes Stanberry Insurance to contact them
• Stanberry Insurance is able to contact the referral and complete a quote
• The referral has not had a personal insurance policy with Stanberry Insurance within the prior 365 days

Here are some frequently asked questions (updated 1/3/11):

• Q: Do I have to have a personal policy with Stanberry Insurance to refer someone to you to get a quote? →A: No.
• Q: Can I refer myself and use this as an entry? →A: Three part answer:

1. If you are a business owner and have a commercial policy and refer yourself for personal, life, or health insurance
2. If you have your personal insurance with us and you refer your business, life, or health insurance
3. If the above do not apply then you cannot refer yourself

• Q: Does the person I refer to you have to buy the policy you quote for them? →A: No.
• Q: How many times will you attempt to contact the person I refer to you? →A: We will attempt to contact the referral three times; if we do not receive a response we will not attempt again unless prompted by the referral.
• Q: Can members of your staff win this prize? →A: No, staff members nor members of their household are eligible for this contest. They have their own contests to worry about
• Q: Do I have to purchase anything to win? →A: No
• Q: Where can I find out more about the prize(s) you are giving away? →A: When the votes are in we will place a link here to view more information about the prize
• Q: The people that I want to refer do not have internet access, how can I refer them →A: Write to us to at Stanberry Insurance Referral Contest  c/o Ken Peck   715 E Main St    Sylva, NC   28779. We will send you three postage paid postcards that your referrals can fill out and mail back.

But what can the iPad do for health IT?

Laptops have already become a staple for many doctors, but many tech experts believe the iPad will prove the perfect companion for physicians and other healthcare providers looking to embrace health IT technology.

The primary reason the iPad is thought to be a perfect fit for health care workers is convenience. Not only is the iPad far lighter than a laptop–weighing in at just 1.5 pounds–but its battery life, 10 hours, nearly doubles the 6 or so hours touted by most high-end laptops. With a starting cost of $499, it’s a bargain compared to most laptops on the market today.

Just imagine: An iPad application (or even a physician-specific operating system, perhaps) designed for physicians would undoubtedly offer a user-friendly interface. And adding EHR (Electronic Health Records) technology to a sophisticated piece of equipment like the iPad would be a cinch.

Physicians who are able to pull up medical records and other necessary data quicker could spend more time speaking directly with the patient, including more eye-contact, an element studies have shown to be crucial in boosting patient satisfaction. The number one complaint patients have about medical care and treatment is the lack of time doctors are able to spend with them. In a 15 minute appointment, the doctor might only actually see and talk to patient for 5 minutes. Doctors spend over 50% of their time wading through administrative paper work and documentations so in essence the iPad might be the solution to this problem.

But even those experts who believe the iPad will become ubiquitous in the health care industry don’t believe it will happen overnight. The iPad, released April 3, has been on the market just a month so it’s too early to tell whether or not it will catch on.

The iPad can be useful for personal health, too. The iPad, like the iPhone, brings a wealth of health and medical information to your fingertips. One application, Carter’s Encyclopedia of Health and Medicine, was specifically designed for the iPad. It offers 1,800 pages of medical information, totaling 12,000 entries. It also offers full-text search, an interactive diagram of the human body, browsing history and more.

The iPad also offers applications to help users keep fit. Hundreds of applications offer information such as nutrition labels for different foods (340 calories for one cup of egg nog?), tools to track the user’s daily calories consumed, body mass index, exercise history and more.

As it relates to health care, the iPad could be a game-changer, or it could be much ado about nothing. Only time will tell.