Dallas-based Parkland Memorial Hospital has told 20 employees their jobs will be eliminated Oct. 1, according to a report by The Dallas Morning News.
The affected employees are in health information, according to the report, and Parkland is eliminating those positions as it transitions away from paper records to EHRs.
"How long do we keep paper processes when [we] have electronic records underway?" Jim Dunn, Parkland's chief talent officer, asked The Dallas Morning News. "You can't assume if you've had a position for 10 to 15 years that we need that position."
Parkland has established a career development center to help transition employees into new positions, according to the report. The system is hoping to place many of the affected employees into new positions within Parkland.
More layoffs could be on the way, however: A draft of the hospital's budget suggests 558 full-time positions will be cut at the hospital, but also calls for adding 543 new jobs, according to the Morning News.