Below are workforce reduction efforts, outsourcing or job eliminations that were announced within the past year and/or take effect later in 2023.
- Franciscan Alliance, the parent company of Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health Indianapolis, will move 61 employees from its information services department to an outside company and end their employment with Franciscan, effective Sept. 30.
- MultiCare Health System, a 12-hospital organization based in Tacoma, Wash., will lay off 229 employees, or about 1 percent of its 23,000 staff members, including about two dozen leaders, as part of cost-cutting efforts, the health system said June 29. The layoffs primarily affect support departments, such as marketing, IT and finance.
- Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger laid off 47 employees from its IT department. The reduction is part of a restructuring plan to offset high labor and supply costs.
