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Leadership & Management

Florala (Ala.) Memorial Hospital has closed without advanced notice to the city, according to an Andalusia Star-News report.

This year, hospitals and health systems of varying sizes and types cut jobs from their workforces. The reason for the rash of layoffs can be traced back to several issues impacting the nation's hospitals in 2013: the sequester cuts, Medicaid…

The following six 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.

Plumas District Hospital in Quincy, Calif., laid off four employees the week before Christmas, according to a Plumas County News report.

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Interfaith Medical Center has received another shot of life, as the New York State Department of Health announced it will provide the bankrupt Brooklyn hospital a three-month reprieve with emergency funding, according to a Brooklyn Daily Eagle report.

The following six myths about "bridgers," or executives who transition from for-profit to nonprofit organizations, are in need of debunking, according to A. Wayne Luke, managing partner of the nonprofit practice at executive search firm Witt/Kieffer.

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