Comments on: Why Healthcare Spending Costs Don’t Matter: A Response to WSJ’s “GOPers Think US Health Care Rocks…” http://blog.medtouch.com/response-to-wsj-health-blog-article-gopers-think-us-health-care-rocks-dem-not-so-much/2008/03/20/ Sat, 08 Oct 2011 21:02:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Thomas A. Coss http://blog.medtouch.com/response-to-wsj-health-blog-article-gopers-think-us-health-care-rocks-dem-not-so-much/2008/03/20/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Thomas A. Coss Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:19:23 +0000 http://blog.medtouch-it.com/response-to-wsj-health-blog-article-gopers-think-us-health-care-rocks-dem-not-so-much/#comment-70 You are spot on. Capital investment in health care in relationship to the number of employees is far below that of general manufacturing. That is to say, we are happy to spend money on advanced diagnostic technologies and large building expenses and less likely to seek technologies which are aimed at improfing the efficiency of the health care provider. Frankly, I believe a growth area in health care are those companies whos services and technologies improve the efficiency of those providing care. In this, perhaps we are not spending enough. Tom You are spot on. Capital investment in health care in relationship to the number of employees is far below that of general manufacturing. That is to say, we are happy to spend money on advanced diagnostic technologies and large building expenses and less likely to seek technologies which are aimed at improfing the efficiency of the health care provider. Frankly, I believe a growth area in health care are those companies whos services and technologies improve the efficiency of those providing care. In this, perhaps we are not spending enough.

Tom

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