Workforce

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.

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.

Three hospitals in the Cleveland/Akron region announced that they will be letting go more than 200 staff members in response to the current economic situation, according to a report in MedCity News.

The Lexington (N.C.) Memorial Hospital and the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center announced plans for a multi-million dollar expansion and renovation of the Lexington Memorial Hospital's emergency department and rehabilitation center, according to a report in The Dispatch (Lexington,…

River West Medical Center in Iberville Parish, La., eliminated approximately 100 jobs, or half of its staff, according to a report in The Advocate.

Norwegian American Hospital in Chicago announced cuts to six percent of its workforce, or 42 positions, according to a report in The Chicago Tribune.