More-efficient model needed for hospitals’ survival

I know from many years of volunteer and fundraising work that people in our communities care deeply about their local hospitals. Businesses too tend to recognize the hospitals’ critical role in providing a safe environment for the workforce and are usually generous supporters. The hospitals reciprocate by stimulating the local economy as large employers and consumers of a wide variety of goods and services. During our current recession, the hospital segment has been nearly alone in expanding its work force here in the state. More

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