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The entry-level requirement for jobs in healthcare is rocketing, and economists are worried as many middle-skill jobs will disappear from America's hospitals, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Southwestern Vermont Health Care in Bennington has cut staff hours and removed vacant positions, eliminating the equivalent of about 40 full-time employees, according to a Bennington Banner report.

Two hospitals in Kansas now owned and operated by Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare Services have cut 45 jobs weeks after 24 employees were laid off, according to a Kansas City Star report.

Good Samaritan Health System in Lebanon, Pa., has laid off 22 employees and will not fill another 28 vacant positions, trimming a total of 50 jobs, according to a Lebanon Daily News report.

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This article is written by Joseph A. Jackson, Managing Director of Strategic Healthcare Services.Moneyball is a book written by Michael Lewis and later a movie starring Brad Pitt. The premise of Moneyball is using deep, empirical data to manage the…

Almost one-third of 2013 is in the books, and the pressures of the new healthcare environment have affected several different hospitals.

McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey is laying off 30 employees, including those in management and staff positions, according to a Petoskey News report.

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