Hospitals Make Cuts in Staff

Hospitals around the country are either making staff cuts or considering the measure as the economy continues its slide, according to news reports.

Swedish Medical Center, the largest health-care provider in Seattle, has announced it is laying off 200 workers, including more than two dozen senior executives, according to The Seattle Times.

Meanwhile, a survey of 63 hospitals in Georgia has found that 60 percent of those organizations have either cut staff positions or considered doing so, and more than one-third have either trimmed services or considered such a move, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The report, by the Georgia Hospital Association, found that more than half of respondents had seen a decline in charitable gifts.