** Shares of healthcare IT co MDRX.O up ~1% at $15.9
premarket
** Co late on Thursday posted better-than-expected Q1
profit, helped by strength in bookings urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBw1RQdqya
** Bookings reflect the value of executed contracts for
software, hardware and other client services
** MDRX reported bookings of $194 mln compared with $183
million a year earlier
** Co also reaffirmed its 2021 revenue forecast of $1.5
billion
** Up to Thursday's close, stock had risen 9.1% this year
(Reporting by Dania Nadeem in Bengaluru)
((Dania.Nadeem@thomsonreuters.com;))