University of California San Francisco Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital are planning to cut 300 full-time jobs to lower healthcare costs, according to a San Francisco Business Times report.
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Knoxville, Tenn.-based Tennova Healthcare is eliminating 27 positions from its Physicians Regional Medical Center, also in Knoxville, according to a Knoxville News Sentinel report.
E.A. Conway Medical Center in Monroe, La., began sending notices to 38 employees this week, notifying them of impending layoffs, according to a News Star report.
In an Oct. 17 webinar from Healthcare Collaboration, healthcare leaders discussed best practices for hospital executives and management teams to prepare their organizations for disaster.
Administrators at Blue Hill (Maine) Memorial Hospital are crediting a buyout program for saving the hospital $400,000 annually and avoiding the need for layoffs, according to a Bangor Daily News report.
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Janesville, Wis.-based Mercy Health System has asked the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board to hold new administrative hearings on its plans to build a new hospital in Crystal Lake, Ill., according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.
Mobile, Ala.-based Infirmary Health System will close its 124-bed Infirmary West Hospital by the end of the month, according to a Mobile Press-Register report.
Mercy Regional Medical Center in Lorain, Ohio, has reached an agreement with its nurses, avoiding a strike scheduled to occur this week, according to a Chronicle-Telegram report.
Three MedWest hospitals in North Carolina, part of Carolinas HealthCare System, recently laid off more than 80 employees, according to a Asheville Citizen-Times report.
Jani Johnson has served as president and CEO of St. Luke's South Hospital in Overland Park, Kan., since September 2012.