Tek-Outlook:                                     Date: 1st Oct 04                         TekPlus Points: 0

Per-Se Technologies                                8 Pages

Within the healthcare-IT market, the ‘services’ sector is growing rapidly. It seems as if suddenly Per-Se Technologies is present in the right place at the right time! With its offerings the company has a great opportunity to tap into this niche market segment. The company knows it well and hence is shedding off its non-core businesses including the clinical solutions product line. Per-Se has been growing steadily over the last two years with a renewed focus on its core business areas and some major changes in its capital budgeting. From a financial prospective, the company has started to recover its debts but this is still at an initial stage. Add to this the effects of the divestment and TekPlus believes the company will be in a position to continue its recovery. However Per-Se still needs to execute and realise significant value from its core businesses. If it does so then TekPlus anticipates the company to reach our ‘promising position’ stage in the near future as it continues to progress in a similar manner to what it is currently doing. 

Note: TekPlus Points state the current opinion of the vendor as viewed by TekPlus. TekPlus experts take a number of parameters into account when analysing a vendor and its position in the competitive landscape going forward. The scale of the points are as follows; +3 : Extremely Solid Position, +2 : Solid Position, +1 : Promising Position, 0 : Weak Position and -1 : Very Weak Position.