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Emotional intelligence, or the ability to understand and control emotions, has been linked with to a number of qualities desired of healthcare providers: High EI has been positively correlated with job performance and satisfaction, stress management, social interaction and ability…

Wichita, Kan.-based Via Christi Health has announced plans to cut 4 percent of its workforce, or 350 to 400 positions, by the end of June, according to a KOAM report.

Milwaukee-based Ministry Health Care is making cuts to its workforce which could result in hundreds of layoffs, according to a Stevens Point Journal report.

Contract negotiations were fruitless between Corning (N.Y.) Hospital management and its 450-worker union, ending without an agreement last Friday and adding to the likelihood the union will picket, according to a report by The Leader.

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.