California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced a $32 million program to reduce the shortage of healthcare workers in the state, according to a report by the Sacramento Business Journal.
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The Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center announced that it has stopped work on a $360 million expansion project and has frozen hiring for all but the most critical positions, according to a report in the Times Union.
A new survey showed that hospitals across Ohio are cutting staff and postponing construction projects, according to a report in the Akron Beacon Journal.
The American Medical Association announced that it will eliminate 100 positions due to the economy, according to an AMA news release.
King's Daughters Hospital in Temple, Texas, confirmed that it has laid off 20 clerical and administrative staff members, or 8 percent of its workforce, according to a report by KWTX News.
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Franciscan Health System, based in Tacoma, Wash., is eliminating the jobs of 30 employees, even as it hires staff at other locations, according to a report by The News Tribune.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston plans to reduce the number of potential layoffs at the hospital from 600 to 150, according to a report in the Boston Globe.
Chicago-based Resurrection Health Care laid off more than 80 managers as part of cost-cutting measures, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune.
Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., has laid off 240 physicians, nurses and other union and non-union employees, according to a report in The New York Times.
Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta has cut 150 positions as a result of economic pressures, according to a report by The Atlanta Journal Constitution.