Health Care Technology

MedQuist Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDQ), announced that it has today given formal written notice to the Global Market of The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC of its intention to voluntarily delist its common stock from NASDAQ. The Company will file a Form 25 with the Securities Exchange Commission on April 4, 2011...

MedAssets, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDAS) announced today that The Nebraska Medical Center has signed a multi-year agreement for spend and clinical resource management with the company to drive sustainable performance improvement as healthcare reform pressures margins and lowers reimbursement. NMC will...

Piper Jaffray has reported a maintained Overweight Rating on Omnicell Inc. (NASDAQ: OMCL). According to Piper Jaffray, "Proposed Stage 2 Meaningful Use requirements require automated tracking of 30% of medication orders, which we believe will be a catalyst for the sale of automated medication...

BMC Drops Coverage of Cerner Corporation (CERN) BMC is dropping its coverage of Cerner Corporation (NASDAQ: CERN). Shares of CERN closed Monday at $106.01, up 2.82% from Friday's close.

BMC Drops Coverage of Computer Programs & Systems (CPSI) BMC is dropping its coverage of Computer Programs & Systems (NASDAQ: CPSI). Shares of CPSI closed Monday at $59.00, up 1.76% from Friday's close.

BMC Drops Coverage of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (MDRX) BMC is dropping coverage of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (NASDAQ: MDRX). Shares of MDRX closed Monday at $21.40, up 3.13% from Friday's close.

BMC Drops Coverage of MedAssets (MDAS) BMC has dropped its coverage of MedAssets (NASDAQ: MDAS). Shares of BMC closed Monday at $15.09, down 0.25% from Friday's close.

Citi Comments On MedAssets' Q4 Results In a report published by Citi, MedAssets (NASDAQ: MDAS) reported its Q4 results and 2011 guidance shortfall. Citi said that it had the opportunity to host a dinner with MDAS management and the company participated in our annual Global Healthcare Conference...

Citigroup has lowered the price target on MedAssets, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDAS) from $20 to $17 and maintains its Hold rating.

Goldman Sachs reports that it recently met with Larry Gerdes, CEO of Transcend Services (NASDAQ: TRCR). “The company believes that the overall market is growing at a modest pace, likely near 5%, and pricing pressure remains a factor in the market,” Goldman Sachs writes. “However, the company...

Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN) was upgraded by Stifel Nicolaus from "hold" to "buy." ACN's shares closed at $49.02 yesterday. Accenture's trailing-twelve-month ROE is 64.64%. MedAssets Inc (NASDAQ: MDAS) was upgraded by Madison Williams from "accumulate" to "buy.” MDAS' shares closed at $14.89...

Vital Images Inc. (NASDAQ: VTAL) shares were down 5% yesterday amid concerns of the Company's exposure to the Japanese market. Although Toshiba is a major source of revenue for the Company, Toshiba primarily markets their own advanced visualization system in the Japanese market. Hence the Company's...

Citi has come out with a report today on Computer Programs & Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CPSI), maintaining its Hold Rating. According to Citi, “Estimates and valuation of CPSI have crept upwards in recent weeks. While we are comfortable with management and believe the company is well positioned, we...

Auriga has raised Cerner Corp. (NASDAQ: CERN) to a Buy Rating. Auriga has also raised the Price Target of Cerner Corp. to $121.00. According to the report “We are upgrading our recommendation on Cerner Corp. (CERN) to BUY from HOLD while raising our 12-month price target to $121 from $105. Recent...

Key takeaways from Cerner's (NASDAQ: CERN) multi-year period, on the back of Stage 2/3 MU definition, ICD-10 implementation and increased regulatory complexity; New growth initiatives to sustain growth beyond the stimulus; Management remains committed to driving sustained growth through a continued...