Bay St. Louis, Miss.-based Hancock Medical Center has laid off eight employees and cut the hours of others, according to a report by WLOX.
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Northside Medical Center in Youngstown, Ohio, an affiliate of ValleyCare Health System of Ohio in Youngstown, will lay off 77 employees, according to a WFMJ report.
The following 10 hospital and health system layoffs and workforce reductions were covered by Becker's Hospital Review in the last three weeks. They are listed below by the number of employees and/or positions affected.
Olympia, Wash.-based Providence St. Peter Hospital is laying off nine licensed practical nurses, according to a report by The Olympian.
Financially beleaguered Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., has sent layoff notices to all 1,544 of its employees and asked a bankruptcy court to approve its closing, according to a report by The New York Times.
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Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is the first large employer in the state to require employees in same-sex relationships to marry if they want to continue receiving health benefits, according to a Post Bulletin report.
Blue Mountain Health System, a two-hospital system with campuses in Palmerton, Pa., and Lehighton, Pa., has laid off 16 employees, according to a report by The Morning Call.
Large layoffs and workforce reductions have become more common at hospitals and health systems across the country, regardless of size or for- or nonprofit status. Through July this year, several organizations have laid off dozens and cut hundreds more jobs…
The Regional Hospital of Scranton (Pa.) has laid off an unspecified number of employees, according to a report by The Scranton Times-Tribune.
Former employees of two hospitals within Baton Rouge-based Louisiana State University Health Care Services Division can start to reapply for positions with the hospitals' new operator Aug. 5, according to a KATC report.