A number of hospitals and health systems are trimming their workforces, or outsourcing IT jobs, due to financial and operational challenges.
Below are workforce reduction efforts, outsourcing or job eliminations that were announced within the past year and/or take effect later in 2023.
- Franciscan Alliance, the parent company of Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health Indianapolis, will move 61 employees from its information services department to an outside company and end their employment with Franciscan, effective Sept. 30.
- MultiCare Health System, a 12-hospital organization based in Tacoma, Wash., will lay off 229 employees, or about 1 percent of its 23,000 staff members, including about two dozen leaders, as part of cost-cutting efforts, the health system said June 29. The layoffs primarily affect support departments, such as marketing, IT and finance.
- Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger laid off 47 employees from its IT department. The reduction is part of a restructuring plan to offset high labor and supply costs.