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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…

Nearly three-quarters of hospitals that are members of the American Hospital Association are implementing multidisciplinary care teams, according to an AHA News Now report.

Yakima (Wash.) Valley Memorial Hospital plans to lay off 19 workers at the end of May, according to a KAPP TV report.

Nurses at Worcester-based UMass Memorial Medical Center plan to strike May 23 to protest unsafe staffing levels, according to a Telegram & Gazette report.

Unionized workers at University of California hospitals will strike May 21 to 22, according to a U-T San Diego report.

A recent survey by Towers Watson found that 88 percent of employers plan to offer healthcare benefits to their active employees "for the foreseeable future."

Hospitals and health systems are typically viewed as organizations that take care of the ill and, more increasingly, encourage preventive health.

Employers are more frequently offering workers high-deductible health plans in conjunction with health savings accounts, sometimes as the workers' only health benefit option, according to a survey conducted by Towers Watson and the National Business Group on Health.

Over half of healthcare providers are having problems attracting experienced IT employees, according to a survey by Towers Watson, a global professional services company.

Unionized employees at University of California's five medical centers have passed a vote to authorize a strike.