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Which Health-Care IT Companies Will Come Out On Top?

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:58:07 GMT

While health-care reform continues to be mired in debate, one of the few initiatives that has garnered bipartisan support has been the development of electronic health records (EHRs) and interoperable health-care information technology (HIT).[More...]

New Stock Indexes To Track Healthcare Trends

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:21:52 GMT

Below are new healthcare stock indexes I have created, revised, and tracked over the past few years which are now featured at a new website called Investars YOU. The new site includes automated index tracking and allows investors to create custom stock portfolios based on their individual preferences with the ability to invest real money by linking your brokerage account. The Cosmetic and Restorative Medicine Index (CRM) tracks the performance of companies that derive over 50% of revenue from (...)[More...]

Bret Barakett's Tremblant Capital Group Bets On Technology: 13F Filing Q1 2009

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:15:00 GMT

This is the 1st Quarter 2009 edition of our ongoing hedge fund portfolio tracking series. Before reading this update, make sure you check out the Hedge Fund 13F filings series preface. Next up, we have Tremblant Capital Group. Tremblant is a $3 billion hedge fund based in New York and is run by Bret Barakett, who is a former portfolio manager at Moore Capital Management (the hedge fund run by the great Louis Bacon, whom we also track). If the last name of 'Barakett' sounds familiar, its because his brother, Timothy Barakett, manages fellow hedge fund Atticus Capital, whose portfolio we recently covered. Taken from their site, Tremblant Capital Group's objective is "to achieve superior risk adjust returns[More...]

Health IT Index Outperforms Market, Sector

Fri, 08 May 2009 22:07:01 GMT

The ETF Innovators Health IT Index has been a strong performer over the past month, with many of the index components outpacing both the 12.7% gain in the S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) and the 6.5% gain in the Healthcare Sector SPDR (NYSE:XLV) during that period. The following are some top performing stocks from the index over the past month: Allscripts-Misys (NASDAQ:MDRX) up 15.8%, Cerner (NASDAQ:CERN) up 33.2%, Eclipsys (NASDAQ:ECLP) up 64.9%, athenahealth (NASDAQ:ATHN) up 33.1%, and Merge (...)[More...]

Congratulations: It's Time to Book Your Profits

Fri, 08 May 2009 14:44:06 GMT

Last November, after Obama's win, I realized one overlooked sector was going to rocket higher on government spending. And while all the suckers piled into alternative energy stocks – which were already at obscene valuations – I showed you a much better bet to pocket a 30% "boondoggle bonus" in 12 months. Well, it's been six months, and we're up 36% on our health care IT trades... Company Symbol Return since November 2009 P/E McKesson MCK 3% 10 Cerner CERN 50% 24 Eclipsys ECLP 18% 36 Quality Systems QSII 45% 27 Allscripts MDRX 79% 21 Athenahealth ATHN 27% 55 HMS Holdings HMSY 32% 32 Average 36% 30 All of these companies are working to bring America's old-fashioned hospitals and doctor's[More...]

Do We Stay in the Channel?

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:04:00 GMT

There seems to be widespread recognition among market technicians that we are at an important level of resistance. Corey Rosenbloom notes the triple Fibonacci confluence on the S&P 500. I drew some Fibonaccis on the SPY chart, and the you can see a confluence here as well: [More...]

Beyond Stem Cells: Healthcare Hot Spots

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:09:00 GMT

With the surprise announcement last week by Geron (GERN) that the FDA would allow human clinical trials for embryonic stem cells, all companies in the underlying ETF Innovators Index to track the space are screaming higher again today – led by the company with the biggest gains over the past year, StemCells (STEM). Below are three additional areas and associated companies for investors to consider in the search of the next hot spots in the healthcare sector, including a focus on small/mid-cap companies which have the added potential to be acquired as part of renewed M&A in the sector this year. Molecular Diagnostics EXACT Sciences (EXAS) has rejected the hostile $1.50 all-stock offer from[More...]

Analyst Throws Water on 'Hope' in Medical IT

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:20:00 GMT

One area I've identified as yet another "Obama hope" sector is medical IT - the two stocks I've been looking at are Cerner (CERN) and Quality Systems (QSII). Two other names of interest are athenahealth (ATHN) and AllScripts Healthcare (MDRX). This is really just like the solar and infrastructure areas - buy because Obama promises to shovel money down the throat of a sector or "likes" the sector. Even if very little money will show up anytime soon - that doesn't matter to HAL9000 and crowd. They buy thesis, not reality. An analyst tried to warn about this in infrastructure a few weeks ago ([More...]

Top 5 Rated Stocks in Global Health IT Index

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:11:00 GMT

The accompanying table presents statistics and the Top 5 rated companies in the ETF Innovators (ETFI) Global Health Information Technology (Health IT) Index, which is structured to include companies with market caps between $50M - $10B. The rating system is based on a formula which considers each company's market cap weighting, net income weighting, and historical stock price returns and the index is equally-weighted among all 52 companies, which is dominated by small-caps with an average[More...]

Healthcare Investing Trends for 2009

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:37:00 GMT

Healthcare investing trends in 2009 and beyond will be affected by the new administration's plans for healthcare reform, which are summarized at the Change.gov website. A key feature of the plan is making health insurance coverage possible for all Americans using the existing network of insurers and providers. The plan relies on tax credits for small businesses and eligible individuals to help pay the cost of health insurance premiums. Also, large employers which do not offer health insurance benefits would be required to contribute a percentage of their payroll toward the cost of healthcare for their employees. Insurance companies would be required to cover pre-existing conditions and the insurance market will be reformed to eliminate anti-competitive practices, including the creation of a National Health Insurance Exchange with a variety of affordable health insurance options.[More...]

MGM Mirage, Ford, Urban Outfitters are big movers

Thu, 14 May 2009 22:25:00 GMT

NEW YORK - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., down $1.17 at $22.01
Profit and sales slid in the first quarter, but the apparel retailer's results still beat analysts' expectations amid the retail slump.

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STATE Briefs - Mar 5 2009 5:53PM

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:48:00 GMT

Construction worker dies in truck accident
BECKLEY - A construction worker died Tuesday after being pinned between his truck and a gate.
Raleigh County Chief Deputy D.E. Stafford said Hensley was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Springhill Medical Center and Eclipsys Win Outsourcing Recognition

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:41:00 GMT

Eclipsys Corporation® (NASDAQ:ECLP), The Outcomes Company®, and Springhill Medical Center (Springhill, AL) today announced that the outsourcing agreement between the two organizations has won a 2009 Outsourcing Excellence Award. The award, “Best Impact,” recognizes the business and healthcare quality benefits the outsourcing relationship has delivered to Springhill Medical Center and the patients it serves.[More...]

Eclipsys Announces Second-Quarter 2009 Results

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:49:00 GMT

Eclipsys Corporation® (NASDAQ: ECLP), The Outcomes Company®, today announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2009.
Revenues for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 were $129.8 million, compared to revenues of $132.1 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2008.
GAAP net loss for the second quarter of 2009 was $4.1 million, or $0.07 per diluted common share, compared to GAAP net income of $8.5 million, or $0.15 per share on a diluted basis for the second quarter of 2008.

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Eclipsys Names Judith C. Pelham to Board of Directors

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:32:00 GMT

Eclipsys Corporation® (NASDAQ: ECLP), The Outcomes Company®, today announced that Judith C. Pelham, president emeritus of Trinity Health, one of the largest Catholic healthcare systems in the United States, has been elected to its Board of Directors effective August 3, 2009.[More...]

St. Barnabas Hospital Selects Eclipsys to Build an Electronic Health Record Solution

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:36:00 GMT

Eclipsys Corporation® (NASDAQ: ECLP), The Outcomes Company®, today announced that St. Barnabas Hospital (St. Barnabas), located in Bronx, NY, has selected Eclipsys’ computerized physician order entry (CPOE) solution as a foundation to establishing an electronic health record (EHR) in its acute care environments. The technology initiative builds on St. Barnabas’ highly successful use of Eclipsys’ clinical technology at all three of its ambulatory care centers, and is part of an effort to align with the requirements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), which provides incentives to healthcare providers for achieving “meaningful use” of EHR technology by 2011.[More...]

Chris Perkins Named Chief Financial Officer of Eclipsys Corporation

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:03:00 GMT

Eclipsys Corporation® (NASDAQ: ECLP), The Outcomes Company®, today announced that Chris E. Perkins has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. In this position, Mr. Perkins will be responsible for all of the company’s financial operations, audit controls and financial business planning. Mr. Perkins will report to Phil Pead, Eclipsys’ president and chief executive officer.[More...]

Eclipsys to Release Second-Quarter Results on August 6, 2009

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:34:00 GMT

Eclipsys Corporation® (NASDAQ: ECLP), The Outcomes Company®, today announced that it will release results for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 on Thursday, August 6, 2009.[More...]

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Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:18:00 GMT

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NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Uses Eclipsys’ Remote Hosting Services

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:17:00 GMT

Eclipsys Corporation® (NASDAQ:ECLP), The Outcomes Company®, today announced that NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NewYork-Presbyterian), one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit, non-sectarian hospitals, has successfully migrated a significant portion of its enterprise-wide information technology (IT) server processing and storage infrastructure to Eclipsys’ Remote Hosting Services. Coinciding with the migration of mission-critical applications to the Eclipsys Technology Solutions Center in New Jersey, NewYork-Presbyterian also upgraded to the latest version of the Sunrise Clinical Manager™ suite of solutions in use at the Hospital’s five major medical centers.[More...]

Medicity and Eclipsys Forge Strategic Partnership

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:33:00 GMT

Medicity and Eclipsys Corporation® (NASDAQ: ECLP), The Outcomes Company®, announced today that the two companies are partnering to deliver a health information exchange, HealthXchange™, to Eclipsys clients. By leveraging Medicity’s market-leading Care Collaboration Platform, the vendor-neutral solution will enable access, exchange and sharing of patient-centric clinical information, thereby enabling seamless exchange of health information among disparate systems within and across acute care, ambulatory and community settings.[More...]

Eclipsys Recognized by KLAS as Leading in Physician CPOE Adoption

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:31:00 GMT

Underscoring its strong industry position to help healthcare organizations achieve “meaningful use,” Eclipsys Corporation® (NASDAQ: ECLP), The Outcomes Company®, today announced that KLAS has reported that the company leads the industry in the number of physicians using its computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system in acute care hospitals and the percentage of its client base deeply using CPOE. The company also has the highest physician satisfaction from clients using its Sunrise Acute Care™ solution.[More...]