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Leadership & Management

Tips and advice abound for hospital and health system executives — mentors, consultants, articles and even family members offer words of wisdom to these healthcare leaders. With all of that advice out there, who's to say what the best advice…

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The following 14 hospital and health system layoffs and workforce reductions were covered by Becker's Hospital Review in the last two weeks. They are listed below by number of employees and/or positions affected.

St. Louis-based SSM Health Care has eliminated 586 positions through layoffs and attrition, according to a St. Louis Business Journal report.

As Bakersfield, Calif.-based Kern Medical Center tries to slash $6.5 billion from its budget, the hospital may turn to a hiring freeze, voluntary furloughs and other workforce changes, according to a report by The Bakersfield Californian.

There is plenty of discussion about the risks of monopolies in healthcare, but Paul Levy, former president and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and author of the blog Not Running a Hospital, wrote a post about…

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