Leadership & Management

The following hospital and/or health system layoffs were announced within the past month. They are ranked by the number of employees affected.  

Every healthcare facility faces the same challenge: to reduce costs without sacrificing the delivery of quality care. As a result of dwindling healthcare reimbursements, and increased awareness of environmental sustainability, more facilities are turning to reprocessed single-use devices as an…

KentuckyOne Health has reduced the legal staff at the former Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare in Louisville, Ky., as it streamlines administrative services post-merger, according to a Courier-Journal report.

Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, Ga., has announced plans to lay off 40 employees in an effort to trim $14 million from annual expenses, according to a Tifton Gazette report.  

Pittsburgh-based West Penn Allegheny Health System has closed the billing departments at two of its community hospitals, according to a Valley News Dispatch report.

A California occupational safety program requiring all businesses to eliminate workplace hazards can help prevent injuries to workers but only if it is adequately enforced, according to a new study by the RAND Corporation.

During the last recession, newly licensed registered nurses perceived fewer job opportunities but reported higher commitment to their employers, a better work environment, fewer injuries and worked hours than newly licensed RNs reported during better economic times, according to a…

Baylor College of Medicine in Houston will open an outpatient center at a facility it once planned to open as a hospital, according to a Houston Chronicle report.

Miami-based public Jackson Health System and labor union American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees will ask Miami-Dade County Commissioners to resolve their dispute rather than seek formal mediation for their ongoing labor negotiations, according to a Miami Herald…

Neuroimaging has been the fastest growing cost of stroke hospitalization, according to a study in the Annals of Neurology.