The following hospital and/or health system job eliminations were announced or implemented within the past month. They are listed by the number of employees or positions affected.
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Maine Medical Center in Portland has announced a hiring and travel freeze in the face of a $13.4 million loss, according to a Bangor Daily News report.
Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City, N.M., has downgraded 70 full-time positions to part-time roles, according to a Silver City Sun-News report.
Hornell, N.Y.-based St. James Mercy Hospital is cutting the equivalent of 50 full-time employees in a workforce reduction initiative, according to a WETM-TV report.
The registered nurse workforce grew by more than 24 percent between 2000 and 2010, according to a report called "The U.S. Nursing Workforce: Trends in Supply and Education," by the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis, a part of the…
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The healthcare sector added 19,000 seasonally adjusted jobs in April, 2,700 of which occurred in hospitals to continue an upward though lagging trend, according to preliminary results from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Elmira, N.Y.-based Arnot Health is laying off 22 employees at St. Joseph's Hospital, also in Elmira, according to a WETM-TV report.
Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls, Minn., has eliminated 33 positions across the system, 16 of which involved layoffs, according to a Fergus Falls Journal report.
Overall healthcare employee confidence dropped three points to 54.5 out of 100 in the first quarter of 2013, according to the latest Randstad Healthcare Employee Confidence Index, a survey of 183 healthcare workers, including physicians, administrators and healthcare professionals.
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., is implementing a round of spending cuts that will last through June 30, the end of its 2012-2013 fiscal year, according to a Winston-Salem Journal report.