The following hospital and/or health system job eliminations were announced or implemented within the past month. They are listed by the number of employees or positions affected.
Leadership & Management
Bogalusa (La.) Medical Center, part of Baton Rouge-based Louisiana State University Health, is laying off 45 employees, according to a Daily News report.
Landmark Medical Center in Providence, R.I., laid off 22 employees yesterday, citing a recent decline in patient volume, according to a Providence Journal report.
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Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast in Miramar Beach, Fla., is a member of Saint Louis-based Ascension Health.
Madison, Wis.-based Meriter Health Services is cutting a total of 140 jobs, 50 of which involve employee layoffs, according to a Wisconsin State Journal report.
Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua, a four-hospital system with more than 1,800 physicians, and CVS Caremark's MinuteClinic, the largest provider of retail-based health clinics, have entered into a clinical collaboration agreement.
St. Vincent Health System in Little Rock, Ark., has laid off 29 employees and eliminated another 21 open positions, according to a KTHV report.
Steven G. Littleson, FACHE, has served as president of Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, N.J., since 1997.