Inland Hospital in Waterville, Maine, has laid off 10 of its 600 employees, according to a Kennebec Journal report.
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Blue Hill (Maine) Memorial Hospital is offering a "voluntary separation incentive plan" intended to reduce layoffs at the 323-employee hospital, according to a Bangor Daily News report.
Harris County Hospital District in Houston, Texas, has changed its name to Harris Health System, effective yesterday.
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Kingston, N.Y.-based HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley has laid off about 40 employees, according to a Daily Freeman report.
KentuckyOne Health has laid off 40 employees at St. Joseph Hospital and St. Joseph Hospital East in Lexington, Ky., according to a Lexington Herald-Leader report.
When faced with financial pressures, hospital leaders often try to reduce costs by laying off hospital employees. This is, in a way, understandable, since payroll makes up 60 to 70 percent of a typical hospital's overall costs.
Miami-based Jackson Health, the largest safety-net hospital in the Miami area, could privatize its emergency room services by Oct. 1 and is seeking proposals from interested parties by Sept. 10, according to a Miami Today report.
Warren Browner, MD, has served as the CEO of the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco since April 2009.