Our portfolio companies and former portfolio companies such as HealthMedia, MedServe, Connecture, NextImage Medical, MyHealthDIRECT, MeQuillibrium and Intervention Insights are bringing new technologies and service models into the healthcare field, hoping to revolutionize how healthcare is planned, delivered, evaluated and paid for.

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Apple has considered adopting new business models for delivering video, including a subscription TV service, media executives said last year.

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Innovation, service, and volunteerism are on the rise, and new resources and models of partnership are needed.

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As the number of cloud service providers has expanded, major ISVs (independent software vendors) have created new licensing models or adjusted existing ones to provide additional flexibility.

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The new services will be available on nearly all 2010 Ford, Lincoln and Mercury models with no initial monthly subscription fees, thanks to three years of service included with a new vehicle purchase.

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Its findings will be published next March and it will lead to a new chapter being added to the National Service Framework (NSF) on coronary heart disease, setting out the standards and models of care for such conditions.

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