A sluggish economy, changing government regulation and court cases have prompted new business strategies at hospitals, according to news reports. The Daytona Beach News-Journal: A Florida community that a decade ago had five hospitals will only have two, if Florida Hospital and Bert Fish Medical Center merge as planned at the end of the month. "The hospital industry -- similar to the banking industry -- is finding that mergers are the way to go, according to Aaron Liberman, a professor of health care administration at the University of Central Florida...
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