Fitness/wellness concept gaining. More hospitals creating affiliated centers

Celebration Health is envisioned as the prototype for healthcare delivery and enhancement for the new town. While Celebration Health is associated with a hospital, neither sickness nor hospitalization is the focus of the facility. It's a center that encourages Celebration residents and those of neighboring communities--even tourists--to take charge of their physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. Other companies are taking another approach to wellness. Because of a growing interest among healthcare administrators across the country in hospital affiliated wellness and fitness center business, The Benfield Group of St. Louis, Mo., has produced a 10-page booklet to help care givers arrive at crucial decisions. While some groups are forming informational publications. Community Health Center Management, which debuted with a July-August 1997 edition, was created to provide a source of information for community health center directors and health care providers.