5 predictions for the healthcare market in 2014 and beyond
Leadership & Management
Philadelphia-based Temple University Health System is eliminating 75 full- and part-time jobs from its Jeanes Hospital, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report.
Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System has frozen 4,000 employees' paid time off accrual until July, according to a Times Free Press report.
South Haven (Mich.) Health System will eliminate its obstetrics services in May, laying off 19 employees, according to a WWMT report.
Healthcare CEOs are most concerned about government response to financial deficits and over-regulation, according to PwC's 17th Annual Global CEO Survey.
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A recent survey found most healthcare CEOs identified "technological advances" as the top global trend that will transform their business most over the next five years, but they also have some concerns about the speed at which technology is advancing.
Kimball Medical Center in Lakewood, N.J., part of West Orange, N.J.-based Barnabas Health, plans to lay off 73 employees by the end of April, including 62 nurses, according to an Asbury Park Press report.
Five-hundred employees at Louisville-based KentuckyOne Health were recently laid off, and 200 additional vacant positions have been eliminated, according to a report by The Courier-Journal.
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New London (N.H.) Hospital plans to trim its 600-person staff and cut employee benefits to stay financially viable, according to a Valley News report.