User Testing is Not a Luxury

How Different Is New Luxury From Old Luxury ?

management is a luxury , think again . treating technology as a luxury ? 10 necessary

But are hospitals actually acquiring and using the technology that allows them to achieve significantly better financial outcomes? There are techniques and software that every hospital—regardless of size, location, tax status, or payer mix—should acquire and use. And this technology is commercially available today; it is not science fiction. The August 2004 issue of hfm included an article I wr...

Capnography in the endoscopy suite: A necessity, not a luxury!

Stroke in MELAS is a Vasogenic Edema and Not Ischemic

We read with interest the article by Almasi et al. on a 48 years old female patient with Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy, Lactic Acidosis, And Stroke-like episodes (MELAS), diagnosed based on the clinical presentation, blood test results, and imaging and muscle biopsy findings . We have the following comments and concerns.

Is Health Care a Necessity or a Luxury ?

This paper estimates the income elasticity of health care expenditures using annual data on health spending by state in the U.S. from 1966-2009. Panel stationarity tests incorporating structural breaks in the levels and trends in Health Care Expenditures and Disposable Personal Income yield inconsistent results, with stationarity rejected for HCE but not for DPI. Regression results using levels...