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More than 200 employees at Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center have accepted the early retirement deal the hospital recently offered, according to a report by The Tennessean.

In response to the sweeping changes brought by healthcare reform, healthcare organizations are restructuring to position themselves to survive the challenges ahead. With reimbursement levels (and, thus, the bottom line) increasingly contingent on clinical performance, many acute-care providers are beginning…

Employees of Centreville, Ill.-based Touchette Regional Hospital rallied outside the hospital Thursday for higher pay, according to a report by the Belleville News-Democrat.

West Branch (Mich.) Regional Medical Center plans to outsource its laundry services, a move that will affect 10 employees, according to an Ogemaw Herald report.

A group of employees at Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health have been fired over inappropriate posts made on Facebook, according to a report by 24 Hour News 8.

Santa Clara County in California and the Service Employees International Union Local 521 have reached a tentative labor agreement, avoiding a looming strike, according to a Los Altos Patch report.

Unionized workers at Butte, Mont.-based St. James Healthcare have taken a strike vote, according to a report by The Montana Standard.

Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem plans to lay off 1 percent of its workforce, roughly 100 people, according to an Aug. 26 memo written by Bill Luehrs, the system's chief human resources officer, obtained by Becker's Hospital Review.

Covenant Health in Lubbock, Texas, plans to lay off 49 employees as part of a workforce reduction strategy, according to a report by KCBD.

Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health plans to lay off about 70 employees and make other employee-related budget cuts, according to a News 13 report.