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Community Medical Center in Toms River, N.J., has eliminated 85 positions, leading to 68 layoffs, according to an Asbury Park Press report.

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is outsourcing its transcription services, resulting in about 100 layoffs at the end of June, according to a TribLive report.

Middletown, N.Y.-based Greater Hudson Valley Health System is laying off the equivalent of 140 full-time positions from two hospitals.

Ohio is upgrading its criminal background check system for home- and community-based healthcare workers, according to a report by The Columbus Dispatch.

University of California's five large medical centers in San Diego, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Davis are starting to cancel scheduled elective surgeries in the face of a two-day worker strike, according to a Los Angeles Times report.

Dignity Health in San Francisco will lay off 148 lab workers in June, according to a report by The Modesto Bee.

Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky., is closing its transitional care unit and consolidating 30 positions, according to an Evansville Courier & Press report.

Lorain, Ohio-based Mercy Regional Medical Center will lay off 18 employees in the next month, according to a report by The Chronicle-Telegram.

Liberty (Mo.) Hospital is eliminating 129 staff positions and making other cuts to reduce its expenses by $20 million, according to a Kansas City Star report.

As Baton Rouge-based Louisiana State University Health Care Services Division prepares to privatize its public hospitals, the state is expected to incur millions in losses associated with the resulting layoffs, according to an audit from the office of Louisiana Legislative…