In good health, at least for now.

The article discusses the result of a survey on the 2005 financial performance of hospital systems in the U.S. Systems saw rising operating margins and a healthy increase in net income in 2005, according to results of Modern Healthcare's 30th annual hospital systems survey. For the 156 systems out of 164 surveyed that provided complete fiscal 2005 and 2004 figures, aggregate net income rose 44.1% and the overall operating margin increased to 4.6% in 2005 from 3.7% a year earlier.