This argues for the concept of a multiple-provider model, and children are the winners of that competition.

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For a service provider, this model of business should be very comfortable.

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They want to attract new customers for their platform, and want to transform their business model from software seller to support provider.

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One of the major reforms is expanding the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model, in which a single provider or practice coordinates patient care, including tracking referrals, maintaining electronic health records and communicating data to other providers.

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But even that really does serve the long-term goal of the company being a streaming-only provider with very low operational costs and a simple business model and user interface.

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While other OTT applications such as social networking have been built and delivered completely outside the mobile service provider domain, it is not possible to replicate this model with video because it is too bandwidth intensive.

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He also believes Walgreen has increasingly shown its ability to compete with its competitor's business model, as exemplified by its acquisition of health care provider firm Take Care.

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Russia does not consider the West as a model of governance or the rule of law, but as a provider of services, including financial ones, for the ruling elite.

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