Workforce

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.

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,…