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Obama's plans boost electronic medical records firms |
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| Jan 20, 2009 08:30 PM UTC |
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Via BloggingStocks:
Filed under: Newsletters, Stocks to Buy, Obama Picks "One of my favor defensive sectors is healthcare," says Elliott Gue; the contributing editor to Personal Finance looks to Quality Systems (NSDQ: QSII), a company that helps automate medical records. Quantitative analyst Richard Moroney also sees opportunity in the same niche sector. In his Upside newsletter, he looks to a competing play, Cerner (NASDAQ: CERN). Here are their reviews. "The President made health care a centerpiece of his campaign, including investments in health care-related information technology (IT). "Health care IT systems can save doctors' offices and hospitals significant administrative costs as well as prevent mistakes. In addition, some major health insurance firms are already putting heavy pressure on their physician networks to adopt these systems." "Medical offices and hospitals are seeking to automate many functions, from storing patient records online to automatically submitting insurance claims for reimbursement. "It's estimated that as much as 90% of health care records at smaller medical practices are still maintained in paper form, while even bigger hospitals keep close to half of their records manually. "Quality Systems, a holding in our growth portfolio, is a leading provider of such systems. It sells software used to manage electronic patient records, billing, scheduling and other common administrative functions for medical and dental practices. Continue reading Obama's plans boost electronic medical records firms Obama's plans boost electronic medical records firms originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
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